Hesse

Proper noun

Hesse

1. (geography) A former realm and modern state of Germany.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

Anagrams

• Eshes, eshes

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Proper noun

Hesse

1. Hesse

Etymology

From Middle High German Hesse, from Old High German Hesso, possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to persecute; hate”). Compare Chatti, Chasuarii, Chattuarii.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Hesse m (genitive Hessen, plural Hessen, feminine Hessin)

1. A man born in or residing in the state of Hesse; a Hessian.

Proper noun

Hesse ? (genitive Hesse)

1. (Hessian) Hesse.
2. A habitational surname​ for an inhabitant of Hesse.

Alternative forms

• Héssia

Proper noun

Hesse m

1. Hesse (a state of Germany)

Alternative forms

• Hessia

Proper noun

Hesse f

1. Hesse (a state of Germany)