her

See also hér, and her-

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• herė

Pronunciation

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

• Aromanian: seu (rup)
• 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 pl 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.

• Friulian: so, sô
• German: ihr (de) m and n, ihre (de) f, ihre (de) pl
• Greek: της (tis) f
• Guaraní: i
• Hawaiian: kona, kāna
• Hebrew: שלה (he) (shela) f, -ה (he) (-ah)
• Hindi: उसका (hi) (uskā), इसका (hi) (iskā), (formal) उनका (hi) (unkā)
• Hungarian: -a/-e/-ja/-je
• Icelandic: hana (is) (accusative of hún), henni (is) (dative of hún), hennar (is) (genitive of hún)
• 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: suus (la), eius (la), illius (la), huius (la)
• Latvian: viņas (lv)
• 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
• Occitan: seu (oc), seuna (oc)
• 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)
• Romansch: ses (rm), sia (rm)
• Russian: её (ru) (jejó) (indeclinable)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: њен (sh)

  Roman: njen (sh)

• Slovak: jej (sk)
• Slovene: njén (sl)
• 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)
• Tlingit: du
• 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)
• Zulu: possessive concord + -khe (zu) 1 (most common), -wo (zu) 3, -lo (zu) 5, -so (zu) 7, -yo (zu) 9, -lo (zu) 11

See also

English personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Subject	Objective	Reflexive	Possessive adjective	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)
		Gender-neutral	they	them	themself	their	theirs
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	—

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hezōi. Cognate with Dutch haar, Middle Low German er(e) and North Frisian hör.

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)
• Irish: í (ga), ise (ga)

  Old Irish: s-, da-, -us

• 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)
• Latvian: viņu (lv) (accusative), viņai (lv) (dative)
• Macedonian:

  short form: ја (accusative), ѝ (dative)

  long form: неа (accusative), нејзе (dative)

• 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
• Walloon: leye (wa) (after preposition), li (wa) (direct object), lyi (wa) (indirect object)
• Zulu: yena (zu) 1 (most common), wona (zu) 3, lona (zu) 5, sona (zu) 7, yona (zu) 9, lona (zu) 11

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: at · by · on · #23: her · which · have · or

Anagrams

• EHR

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hér.

Adverb

her

1. here

Related terms

• herefter
• herfra
• herhen
• hermed
• herved
• herover

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Dutch

Adverb

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
• woher

See also

• her-

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Gothic

Romanization

hēr

1. See 𐌷𐌴𐍂

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Icelandic

Wikipedia ^is

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 Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hér.

Adverb

her

1. here

References

• “her” in The Bokmål Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hér.

Adverb

her

1. here

   Det er fint å vera her.

   It's nice to be here.

Etymology 2

Noun

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

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by hær

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 (her).

Adverb

hēr

1. here

Descendants

• English: here

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hērą, from Proto-Indo-European *keres- (“rough hair, bristle”). Cognate with Old Saxon hār, Dutch haar, Old High German hār (German Haar), Old Norse hár (Swedish hår).

Alternative forms

• hǣr

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

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Volapük

Noun

her (plural hers)

1. hair

Declension

declension of her

	singular	plural
nominative	her	hers
genitive	hera	heras
dative	here	heres
accusative	heri	heris
predicative	heru	herus
vocative	o her!	o hers!