# Hesse
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Hesse.

### Proper noun

Hesse (countable and uncountable, plural Hesses)
* A state of modern Germany.
* A medieval principality and former duchy in Central Europe.
    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.

#### Derived terms

* Hessean
* Hessian

#### Related terms

* Hesseman
* Hessemann

#### Translations
### See also

Divisions of the Federal Republic of Germany in English (layout · text) :
* Area states: Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Brandenburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia
* City states: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg

### Anagrams

* Eshes, eshes

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Hesse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛs/

### Proper noun

Hesse f
* Hesse (a state of modern Germany)

#### Derived terms

* Hessien
* hessien
* Hessois
* hessois

### See also

Divisions of the Federal Republic of Germany in French (layout · text) :
* États de la zone: Bade-Wurtemberg · Bavière · Brandebourg · Hesse · Basse-Saxe · Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale · Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie · Rhénanie-Palatinat · Sarre · Saxe · Saxe-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringe
* cités-États: Berlin · Brême · Hambourg

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛsə/
* Audio:(file)

### 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)
* Hessian (native or inhabitant of the state of Hesse, Germany) (male or of unspecified gender)

##### Derived terms

* Hessemann

##### Descendants

* English: Hesse
* French: Hesse
* Portuguese: Hesse
* Spanish: Hesse

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

Hesse f (genitive Hesse, plural Hessen)
* shank (of beef or veal)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

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#### Proper noun

Hesse
* (Hesse) Hesse (a state of modern Germany)
    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

##### Declension

$^1$With an article.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Héssia

### Etymology

From German Hesse.

### Proper noun

Hesse m
* Hesse (a state of modern Germany)

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Hessia

### Etymology

Borrowed from German Hesse.

### Proper noun

Hesse f
* Hesse (a state of modern Germany)