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[edit] English

Most common English words: at « by « on « #23: her » which » have » or

[edit] Alternative spellings

herė

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /hɜː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /h3:(\r)/
(US) IPA: /hɝ/ SAMPA: /h3`/
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Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

[edit] Pronoun

her

(possessive) Belonging to her.

This is her book
(personal) The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.

Give it to her (after preposition)

He wrote her a letter (indirect object)

He treated her for a cold (direct object)

[edit] Translations

belonging to

American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp
Arabic: ـها ar(ar) (-a)

Egyptian Arabic: ـها (-ha)
Armenian: նրա (nëra)
Czech: její cs(cs)
Danish: hendes
Dutch: haar nl(nl) f.
Esperanto: ŝia eo(eo)
Finnish: hänen (genitive of hän) + -nsa (with back vowel harmony) / -nsä (with front vowel harmony) (possessive suffix)

Note: In standard Finnish, both the possessive suffix and the genitive of the personal pronoun are compulsory. In colloquial Finnish, usually only hänen is used.
French: son fr(fr) m., sa fr(fr) f., ses fr(fr) pl.

Note: In French, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.
German: ihr de(de) m. and n., ihre de(de) f., ihre de(de) pl.
Greek: της (tis) f.
Guaraní: i
Hebrew: שלה he(he) (shela) f.
Hungarian: -a/-e/-ja/-je

Icelandic: accusative hana, dative henni, genitive hennar
Interlingua: su
Italian: il suo m sing, la sua f sing, i suoi m. pl., le sue f. pl.

Note: In Italian, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.
Japanese: 彼女 ja(ja)の
Latin: sua la(la) f.
Lower Sorbian: jeje
Maltese: tagħha
Norwegian: henne (to her), hennes (her bag)
Novial: lan, de la
Polish: jej pl(pl)
Portuguese: seu, dela (lit. "of hers", placed after the noun)

Note: In Portuguese, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.
Romanian: său, ei (lit. "of hers", placed after the noun)
Spanish: su es(es)
Swedish: hennes, reflexive: sin
Tupinambá: i
Upper Sorbian: jeje

she

Arabic: ـها ar(ar) (-a)

Egyptian Arabic: ـها (-ha)
Armenian: իրեն (iren)
Bulgarian:

short form: я (accusative), Ѝ (dative)

long form: нея (accusative), на нея (dative)
Czech: ní (after preposition), jí (indirect object), ji (direct object)
Danish: hende da(da)
Dutch: haar nl(nl) f.
Esperanto: ŝi (after preposition), al ŝi (indirect object), ŝin (direct object)
Finnish: hänet (accusative), häntä (partitive)
French: (after preposition) elle, (indirect object) lui, (indirect object, emphatic) lui ... à elle, (indirect object with an imperative verb) lui, (direct object) la (becoming l' before a vowel or an mute h), (direct object, emphatic) la ... elle

Examples:

After preposition: It is for her - C'est pour elle

Indirect object: He tells her his name - Il lui dit son nom

Indirect object, emphatic: He gives the book to her - Il lui donne le livre à elle

Indirect object with an imperative verb: Give it to her - Donnez-le-lui

Direct object: He hates her - Il la déteste

Direct object (followed by a vowel): He loves her - Il l'aime

Direct object, emphatic: He loves her - Il l'aime, elle

German: sie (accusative), ihr (dative)
Guaraní: i
Hungarian: őt (accusative), neki (dative)
Ido: el, elu
Interlingua: la (direct/indirect object); illa (after preposition)
Italian: (after preposition) lei, (indirect object) le, (indirect object, emphatic) a lei, (indirect object with an imperative verb) le (attached to the end of the verb and becoming glie- when used along with a direct object; the l is doubled with some verbs), (direct object) la (becoming l' before a vowel), (direct object, emphatic) lei

Examples:

After preposition: It is for her - É per lei

Indirect object: Giovanni tells her his name - Giovanni le dice il suo nome

Indirect object, emphatic: Giovanni gives the book to her - Giovanni dà il libro a lei

Indirect object with an imperative verb, used without a direct object: Write to her - Scrivile; Tell her - Dille

Indirect object with an imperative verb, used with a direct object: Send it to her - Spedisciglielo; Give it to her - Daglielo

Direct object: Giovanni wants her - Giovanni la vuole

Direct object (before a vowel): Giovanni hates her - Giovanni l'odia

Direct object, emphatic: Giovanni wants her - Giovanni vuole lei
Novial: la
Spanish: a ella, le
Swedish: henne sv(sv)
Tupinambá: i

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse hér.

[edit] Adverb

her

here

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

her

here

[edit] Usage notes

Not used in daily life, "hier" is rather used. "her" is only used in expressions like the ones below.

[edit] Derived terms

her en der: here and there, hither and thither (her en der verspreid: scattered all over the place)
van hot naar her: from pillar to post, here, there and everywhere

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse hér.

[edit] Adverb

her

here

[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

Old High German hera.

[edit] Adverb

her

hither, to this place, to here, to me/us
ago

[edit] Antonyms

hin

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] See also

her-

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse herr.

[edit] Noun

her m.

army

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Etymology

From Persian.

[edit] Adverb

her

[edit] Limburgish

[edit] Etymology

From hieër

[edit] Noun

her m

vocative of hieër
mister!
Lord!

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Adverb

her

here

[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /heːr/

[edit] Etymology 1

Apparently from the Germanic stem *hi- ‘this’; the exact formation is unclear. Cognate with Old Saxon hēr, Old High German hiar, Old Norse hér, Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐍂.

[edit] Adverb

hēr

here

[edit] Descendants

English: here

[edit] Etymology 2

From Germanic *hǣrom. Cognate with Old Saxon hār (Dutch haar), Old High German hār (German Haar), Old Norse hár (Swedish hår).

[edit] Noun

her n.

hair

[edit] Descendants

English: hair

[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *hairaz, whence also Old English hār, Old Norse hárr.

[edit] Adjective

her

old

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

From Persian

[edit] Adverb

her

every

her

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[edit] Alternative spellings

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[edit] Pronoun

[edit] Translations

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Adverb

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

[edit] Usage notes

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Adverb

[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Adverb

[edit] Antonyms

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] See also

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Noun

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Adverb

[edit] Limburgish

[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Adverb

[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Adverb

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[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

[edit] Descendants

[edit] Old High German

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[edit] Turkish

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[edit] Adverb

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