Hesse
English
Proper noun
Hesse (countable and uncountable, plural Hesses)
- 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.
- 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:
- (countable) A surname from German.
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state
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛsə/
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Etymology 1
From Middle High German Hesse, from Old High German Hesso, possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to persecute; hate”). Compare Chatti, Chasuarii, Chattuarii.
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Hesse m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hesses or (with an article) Hesse, feminine genitive Hesse, plural Hesses or Hesse)
Declension
Declension of Hesse [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Hesse | (eine) | (die) | Hesse | (die) | Hesses, Hesse |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Hesses, Hesse1 | (einer) | (der) | Hesse | (der) | Hesses, Hesse |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Hesse | (einer) | (der) | Hesse | (den) | Hesses, Hesse |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Hesse | (eine) | (die) | Hesse | (die) | Hesses, Hesse |
1With an article.
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