"Hessen"@en . . . . . "Hessisch"@en . . . . "Hessen (Ger.: Hessisch) is a West Central German group of dialects of the German language in the central German state of Hessen. The dialect most similar to Hessen is Palatinate German (Ger.: Pf\u00E4lzisch, pronounced [\u02C8p\u0361f\u025Blt\u0361s\u026A\u0283]) of the Rhine Franconian sub-family. However, the Hessen dialects have some features which set them somewhat apart from other West-Central German dialects."@en .