Hess
/hɛs/
Hess proper noun: a habitational surname from German of German and Ashkenazi origin, denoting a person from Hesse.
Proper noun
Hess (plural Hesses)
- A habitational surname from German of German and Ashkenazi origin, denoting a person from Hesse.
- The Hesses were an odd pair of counterculturalists. Karen Hess, born in Nebraska, was 59; […]2007 December 30, Betty Fussel, “Food Edenist”, in The New York Times
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States.
Forms of Hess
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Words formed from Hess
Phrases with Hess
Words that rhyme with Hess
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- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
- second-guess
Questions about Hess
- What does Hess mean?
- Hess means a habitational surname from German of German and Ashkenazi origin, denoting a person from Hesse.
- What part of speech is Hess?
- Hess is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Hess?
- Hess is pronounced /hɛs/.
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