English

Proper noun

Hesse

1. (geography) 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.

Derived terms

• Hessian

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on Hesse

Anagrams

• eshes

French

Proper noun

Hesse

1. Hesse

German

Noun

Hesse m ‎(genitive Hessen, plural Hessen, feminine Hessin)

1. A man born in or residing in the state of Hesse; a Hessian.

Declension

Proper noun

Hesse ? ‎(genitive Hesse)

1. (Hessian) Hesse.
2. A habitational surname​ for an inhabitant of Hesse.

Synonyms

• (Central German state): Hessen (Standard German)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Héssia

Proper noun

Hesse m

1. Hesse (a state of Germany)