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English
Etymology
German Hesse.
Proper noun
Hesse (countable and uncountable, plural Hesses)
- A former realm and modern state of Germany.
- Synonyms: Hessia, Hessen
1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, 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.
- (countable) A surname from German.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hesse.
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Proper noun
Hesse f
- Hesse (a state of Germany)
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German
Pronunciation
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.
Noun
Hesse m (weak, genitive Hessen, plural Hessen, feminine Hessin)
- a man born in or residing in the state of Hesse; a Hessian
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Hesse f (genitive Hesse, plural Hessen)
- shank (of beef or veal)
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Proper noun
Hesse
- (Hesse) Hesse (Central German state)
- Synonym: (Standard German) Hessen
Etymology 4
Proper noun
Hesse m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hesses or (with an article) Hesse, feminine genitive Hesse, plural Hesses or Hesse)
- a habitational surname for an inhabitant of Hesse
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Portuguese
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Etymology
From German Hesse.
Proper noun
Hesse m
- Hesse (a state of Germany)
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Etymology
Borrowed from German Hesse.
Proper noun
Hesse f
- Hesse (a state of Germany)