Dictionary

Hesse en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɛs/ (General-American)
• /ˈhɛsə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhɛs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈhɛsi/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hesse.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A state of modern Germany.
2. (countable, uncountable) A medieval principality and former duchy in Central Europe.
   • 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”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, page 2:
3. (countable) A surname from German.

Forms

Deriveds

Hessian · Hessean

Relateds

Hesseman · Hessemann

Synonyms

Hessen · Hessia

Translations (42)

ja ヘッセン (state) · da Hessen (state) · eo Hesujo (state) · cs Hesensko (state) · de Hessen (state) · sq Hesia (state) · mr हेस (state) · es Hessia (state) · uk Ге́ссен (state) · pl Hesja (state) · bg Хе́сен (state) · ru Ге́ссен (state) · lv Hesene (state) · la Hassia (state) · pt Hesse (state) · lt Hesenas (state) · ar هِسِّن (state) · fr Hesse (state) · fur Assie (state) · es Hesse (state) · cmn 黑森 (state) · mk Хесен (state) · yi העסע (state) · hi हेस्से (state) · fi Hessen (state) · hu Hessen (state) · io Hesia (state) · ko 헤센 (state) · pt Héssia (state) · hy Հեսսեն (state) · hsb Hessenska (state) · el Εσσή (state) · vi Hét-xen (state) · vo Hesän (state) · it Assia (state) · sk Hesensko (state) · dsb Hesseńska (state) · cs Hessensko (state) · nl Hessen (state) · eo Hesio (state) · ca Hessen (state) · ka ჰესენი (state)