# der Hesse

der Hesse is a German noun meaning “Hessian”. Forms: des Hessen, die Hessen.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Hessen
- Plural: die Hessen

## Noun

1. Hessian (native or inhabitant of the state of Hesse, Germany) (usually male)

## Noun

1. shank (of beef or veal)

## Proper name

1. Hesse (a state of modern Germany)

## Proper name

1. _surname_ a habitational surname for an inhabitant of Hesse

## Examples

- Tom liest gerne Hermann Hesse. — Tom likes reading Hermann Hesse.
- Ich bin Deutscher laut Pass, Hesse von Geburt und Frankfurter von Gottes Gnaden. — I'm German by passport, Hessian by birth and a Frankfurter by God's grace.

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