Hees

Hee +‎ -s

Hees

1. plural of Hee

Dutch Hees

• Hies, Heis, Hes, His, Hee

Hees (countable and uncountable, plural Heeses or Hees)

1. A surname from Dutch
2. A number of places in the Netherlands

• (Drenthe) First attested as hes in 1181. Derived from Old Dutch hes (“undergrowth, brushwood”).
• (Utrecht) First attested as hesi in 838. Derived from Old Dutch hese (“undergrowth, brushwood”).
• (Gelderland) First attested as heisc in 1257. Derived from Middle Dutch hese (“undergrowth, brushwood”).

• IPA^(key): /ɦeːs/

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• Hyphenation: Hees
• Rhymes: -eːs
• Homophones: hees, Heesch

Hees n

1. A hamlet in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands.
2. A hamlet in Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands.
3. A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

• English: Hees, His, Hes, Hies, Heis
  • English: Voorhees, Voorhis, Voorhes, Voorhies, Voorheis

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “hees”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN