hessesch
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From German hessisch; equivalent to Hessen + -esch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhæseʃ/, [ˈhæsəʃ]
Adjective
hessesch (masculine hesseschen, neuter hessescht, comparative méi hessesch, superlative am hesseschsten)
- Hessian
- 2001, Jeanny Friederich et al., Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch[1]:
- Ze verstoen ass déi Kueberei nëmmen doduerch, datt däitschsproocheg (hessesch) Beamten déi lëtzebuergesch Nimm am 19. Joerhonnert no hirem Ouer opgeschriwwen hunn
- The ignorance is only to be understood as a result of the fact that German-speaking (Hessian) officials wrote down the Luxembourgish names in the 19th century from what they heard
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Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | hien ass | si ass | et ass | si si(nn) | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | hesseschen | hessescht | ||
| independent without determiner | hessesches | hessescher | |||
| dative | after any declined word | hesseschen | hessescher | hesseschen | hesseschen |
| as first declined word | hesseschem | hesseschem | |||