her

See also hér, and her-

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• herė

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)

Pronoun

her possessive pronoun

1. (attributive) Belonging to her.

   This is her book

Translations

belonging to

American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp Arabic: ـها (ar) (-a) Egyptian Arabic: ـها (-ha) Armenian: նրա (hy) (nra) Old Armenian: նորա (nora) Belarusian: яе (be) (jajé) (indeclinable) Bulgarian: неин (bg) (néin) Chinese: Mandarin: 她的 (cmn) (tā-de) Coptic: ⲡⲉⲥ (pes) m., ⲧⲉⲥ (tes) f., ⲛⲉⲥ (nes) m. and f. pl. Czech: její (cs) Danish: hendes (da) Dutch: haar (nl) f. Egyptian: 𓋴 (s) Esperanto: ŝia (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) m., sa (fr) f., ses (fr) pl. Note: In French, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner. German: ihr (de) m. and n., ihre (de) f., ihre (de) pl. Greek: της (tis) f. Guaraní: i Hebrew: שלה (he) (shela) f. Hindi: उसका (hi) (uskā), इसका (hi) (iskā), (formal) उनका (hi) (unkā) Hungarian: -a/-e/-ja/-je Icelandic: accusative hún (is), dative hún (is), genitive hún (is) 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: 彼女の (ja) (かのじょの, kanojo-no) Korean: 그녀의 (ko) (geunyeo-ui) Latin: sua (la) f., suus (la) m., suum (la) n., sua (la) n. pl., sui (la) m. pl., suae (la) f. pl., eius (la) m., f., and n., illius (la) m., f., and n., huius (la) m., f., and n. Lower Sorbian: jeje Macedonian: нејзин (mk) (néjzin) Maltese: tagħha (mt) Norwegian: henne (no) (to her), hennes (no) (her bag), sin (no) (own, generic) Novial: lan, de la Persian: او (fa) (u) Polish: jej (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) Russian: её (ru) (jejó) (indeclinable) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: њен (sh) Roman: njen (sh) Slovak: jej (sk) Slovene: njen (sl), njena (sl) f., njeno (sl) n. Spanish: su (es) Swedish: hennes (sv), reflexive: sin (sv) Telugu: (informal) దాని (te) (daani), ఆమె (te) (aame), (formal) ఆవిడ (te) (aaviDa) Thai: ของเขา (th) (kŏng kăo) Tupinambá: i Turkish: onun (tr) Ukrainian: її (uk) (jijí) (indeclinable) Upper Sorbian: jeje Urdu: اس کا (ur) (us kā, is kā), (formal) ان کا (ur) (un kā) Volapük: ofik (vo)

See also

English personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Subject	Objective	Reflexive	Possessive	Possessive Pronoun
Singular	First	—	I	me	myself	my	mine
	Second	—	you, thou (archaic)	you, thee (archaic)	yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic)	your, thy (archaic)	yours, thine (archaic)
	Third	Masculine	he	him	himself	his
		Feminine	she	her	herself	her	hers
		Neuter	it		itself	its	its (rare)
Plural	First	—	we	us	ourselves	our	ours
	Second	—	you, ye (archaic)	you	yourselves	your	yours
	Third	—	they	them	themselves	their	theirs
Indefinite	Third	—	one		oneself	one's	—

Pronoun

her personal

1. 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)

   • February 1896, Ground-swells, by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; page 183:

     "Then what became of her?"

     "Her? Which ‘her’? The park is full of ‘hers’."

     "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."

Translations

she

Arabic: ـها (ar) (-a) Egyptian Arabic: ـها (-ha) Armenian: նրան (hy) (nran), իրեն (hy) (iren) Old Armenian: նմա (nma) 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) Dutch: haar (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) Greenlandic: una (kl) Guaraní: i Hindi: इस (hi) (is), उस (hi) (us) 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 Latin: (direct object) eam (la), (indirect object) ei (la), (After preposition that governs the accusative ) eam (la), (After preposition that governs the dative) ei (la), (After preposition that governs the ablative) ea (la), (acc) eam (la), (ablative) ea (la), (dative) ei (la), (dative) illi (la), (acc) illam (la), (ablative) illa (la), (acc) hanc (la), (dative) huic (la), (ablative) hac (la) Novial: la Polish: jej, ją, nią, niej Russian: её (ru) (jejó) (direct object), ей (ru) (jej) (indirect object), (see она (ru) (oná) - she for the complete declension) Spanish: a ella, le Swedish: henne (sv) Telugu: (informal) దాన్ని (te) (daanni), ఆమెని (te) (aameni), (formal) ఆవిణ్ణి (te) (aaviNNi) Tupinambá: i

Statistics

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Anagrams

• EHR

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hér.

Adverb

her

1. here

Related terms

• herefter
• herfra
• herhen
• hermed
• herved

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Dutch

Noun

her

1. here

Usage notes

• Not in common usage, "hier" is rather used. "her" is only used in expressions like the ones below.

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

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hér.

Adverb

her

1. here

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German

Etymology

Old High German hera.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [heːɐ̯]
• Homophones: Heer, hehr
• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Adverb

her

1. hither, to this place, to here, to me/us
2. ago

Antonyms

• hin

Derived terms

• hierher
• herüber
• herbei
• heraus

See also

• her-

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Gothic

Romanization

hēr

1. Romanization of 𐌷𐌴𐍂

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Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse herr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɛːr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

Noun

her m. (genitive singular hers, plural herir)

1. army, military

Declension

declension of her

m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	her	herinn	herir	herirnir
accusative	her	herinn	heri	herina
dative	her	hernum	herjum	herjunum
genitive	hers	hersins	herja	herjanna

Derived terms

• herbragð
• hergögn
• herkvaðning
• hermaður
• herstígvél
• þú og hvaða her

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Persian.

Adverb

her

1. every, each
2. anyone
3. anyway

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Limburgish

Etymology

From hieër

Noun

her m.

1. vocative of hieër
2. mister!
3. Lord!

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse hér.

Adverb

her

1. here

   Det er fint å vera her. (Nynorsk)

   It's nice to be here.

References

• “her” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hær (main form)

Etymology

From Old Norse herr.

Noun

[her] m. (definite singular heren; indefinite plural herar; definite plural herane)

1. army

   Landet hadde den største heren i området.

   The country had the largest army in the area.

2. a large/huge amount, a flock

   Det kom ein heil her av grashopper.

   A huge amount of grashoppers came.

References

• “her” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /heːr/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, apparently from the stem *hi- ‘this’; the exact formation is unclear. Cognate with Old Saxon hēr, Old High German hiar, Old Norse hér, Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐍂.

Adverb

hēr

1. here

Descendants

• English: here

Etymology 2

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

Noun

her n.

1. hair

Descendants

• English: hair

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Old High German

Etymology

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

Adjective

hēr

1. old

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Turkish

Etymology

From Persian هر (har).

Adjective

her

1. every