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Hessian (German: Hessisch) is a West Central German group of dialects of the German language in the central German state of Hesse. The dialect most similar to Hessian is Palatinate German (German: Pfälzisch) of the Rhine Franconian sub-family. However, the Hessian dialects have some features which set them somewhat apart from other West ...
A 1799 portrait of Hessian hussars during the American Revolutionary War Hessian grenadiers. The use of foreign soldiers was common in 18th-century Europe. In the two centuries leading up to the American Revolutionary War, the continent saw frequent, though often small-scale, warfare, and military manpower was in high demand. [9]
The Central Hessian dialect is a German dialect subgroup of the Hessian branch of Central German. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has only partly undergone the High German (HG) consonant shift but has had a different vowel development than most other German dialects.
Hessian (soldier), eighteenth-century German regiments in service with the British Empire Hessian (boot), a style of boot; Hessian fabric, coarse woven material; Hessian fly or barley midge, a species of fly (thought to be introduced by Hessian soldiers) Hessian dialects, West Central German group of dialects; Hessian crucible, a type of ...
The name of the Hessians ultimately continues the tribal name of the Chatti. [7] The ancient name Chatti by the 7th century is recorded as Chassi, and from the 8th century as Hassi or Hessi. [8] An inhabitant of Hesse is called a "Hessian" (German: Hesse (masculine), plural Hessen, or Hessin (feminine), plural Hessinnen).
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel), spelled Hesse-Cassel during its entire existence, [a] also known as the Hessian Palatinate (German: Hessische Pfalz), [2] [3] was a state of the Holy Roman Empire. The state was created in 1567 when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided upon the death of Philip I ...
About 2,000 Hessians attacked some 500 Americans at the fort, but the fight went disastrously for the Germans. Some 377 Hessians were killed or wounded in less than an hour of combat.
German dialects are the various traditional local varieties of the German language.Though varied by region, those of the southern half of Germany beneath the Benrath line are dominated by the geographical spread of the High German consonant shift, and the dialect continuum that connects German to the neighboring varieties of Low Franconian and Frisian.