# Hessen
## English
### Proper noun

Hessen
* Alternative form of Hesse (state of Germany).

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɛ.sə(n)/
* Hyphenation: Hes‧sen
* Rhymes: -ɛsən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hessen, from Middle High German Hessen (“Hesse”).

#### Proper noun

Hessen n
* Hesse (state in Germany)

##### Derived terms

* Hessisch
* Rheinhessen

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

Hessen
* plural of Hes

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhesːen/, [ˈhe̞s̠ːe̞n]
* Rhymes: -esːen
* Hyphenation: Hes‧sen

### Etymology 1

< German Hessen (“Hesse”)

#### Proper noun

Hessen
* Hesse (state in Germany)

##### Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Hesse" is Hessenissä.
Possessive forms of Hessen (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Hessenini
accusative
nom.
Hessenini
gen.
Hessenini
genitive
Hessenini
partitive
Hesseniäni
inessive
Hessenissäni
elative
Hessenistäni
illative
Hesseniini
adessive
Hessenilläni
ablative
Hesseniltäni
allative
Hessenilleni
essive
Hesseninäni
translative
Hessenikseni
abessive
Hessenittäni
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Hessenisi
accusative
nom.
Hessenisi
gen.
Hessenisi
genitive
Hessenisi
partitive
Hesseniäsi
inessive
Hessenissäsi
elative
Hessenistäsi
illative
Hesseniisi
adessive
Hessenilläsi
ablative
Hesseniltäsi
allative
Hessenillesi
essive
Hesseninäsi
translative
Hesseniksesi
abessive
Hessenittäsi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Hessenimme
accusative
nom.
Hessenimme
gen.
Hessenimme
genitive
Hessenimme
partitive
Hesseniämme
inessive
Hessenissämme
elative
Hessenistämme
illative
Hesseniimme
adessive
Hessenillämme
ablative
Hesseniltämme
allative
Hessenillemme
essive
Hesseninämme
translative
Hesseniksemme
abessive
Hessenittämme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Hesseninne
accusative
nom.
Hesseninne
gen.
Hesseninne
genitive
Hesseninne
partitive
Hesseniänne
inessive
Hessenissänne
elative
Hessenistänne
illative
Hesseniinne
adessive
Hessenillänne
ablative
Hesseniltänne
allative
Hessenillenne
essive
Hesseninänne
translative
Hesseniksenne
abessive
Hessenittänne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Hesseninsä
accusative
nom.
Hesseninsä
gen.
Hesseninsä
genitive
Hesseninsä
partitive
Hesseniään Hesseniänsä
inessive
Hessenissään Hessenissänsä
elative
Hessenistään Hessenistänsä
illative
Hesseniinsä
adessive
Hessenillään Hessenillänsä
ablative
Hesseniltään Hesseniltänsä
allative
Hessenilleen Hessenillensä
essive
Hesseninään Hesseninänsä
translative
Hessenikseen Hesseniksensä
abessive
Hessenittään Hessenittänsä
instructive
comitative

##### Derived terms

* hesseniläinen
* hesseninsääski

### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Hessen
* genitive singular of Hesse
    Hessen matriisi ― Hessian matrix

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhɛsən], IPA: [ˈhɛsn̩]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Hes‧sen
* Rhymes: -ɛsn̩, -ɛsən

### Etymology 1

Originally the dative plural of Hesse m (“Hessian”), meaning "(the land) by the Hessians".

#### Alternative forms

* Hesse

#### Proper noun

Hessen n (proper noun, genitive Hessens or (optionally with an article) Hessen)
* Hesse (a state in central Germany)
** 1836, Max Wilhelm Götzinger, Die deutsche Spache und ihre Literatur. Erster Band. Die deutsche Sprache, page 67:Die westfränkische Mundart zieht sich durch beide Hessen nordwärts ins Nassauische, weiter westwärts in die Rheinpfalz bis über den Rhein hinüber.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Declension

$^1$Optionally with an article.

##### Derived terms

* Hesse
* hessisch

##### Related terms

* Rheinhessen
* Oberhessen

#### See also

Divisions of the Federal Republic of Germany in German (layout · text) :
* Flächenländer: Baden-Württemberg · Bayern · Brandenburg · Hessen · Niedersachsen · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Nordrhein-Westfalen · Rheinland-Pfalz · Saarland · Sachsen · Sachsen-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thüringen
* Stadtstaaten: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

Hessen
* inflection of Hesse:
** genitive/dative/accusative singular
** all-case plural

## Japanese
### Romanization

Hessen
* Rōmaji transcription of ヘッセン