hä

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ha" and Appendix:Variations of "hae"

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• haa, ha, heen, hoh, häbä, hè

Etymology

From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

Verb

hä

1. (Gressoney, Formazza, Uri) to have

Conjugation

Conjugation of hä – Urner dialect

infinitive		hä
past participle		ghä
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
		ich, i	du	er/si/es	mir	ir	si
indicative	present	hä	hesch	het	hä	heint	hä
subjunctive	present	heig, heigi	heigesch	heig, heigi	heige	heiget	heige
	past	hät, hätti	hättesch	hät, hätti	hätte	hättet	hätte
imperative	affirmative	—	häb	—	—	heint	—

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• e (reduced form)
• här (in liaison with a following vowel)
• hän, en (westernmost Moselle Franconian; only before vowels, h, and dental consonants)

Etymology

From Middle High German hër, from Old High German hër, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛ/, /hɛː/

Pronoun

hä (personal, stressed)

1. (most dialects) he; nominative of the third-person singular masculine

Related terms

• im (dative)
• in (accusative)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæ/, [ˈhæ]
• Rhymes: -æ
• Syllabification^(key): hä
• Hyphenation^(key): hä

Interjection

hä

1. alternative form of häh

Further reading

• “hä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Anagrams

• äh

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛː/, /hɛ̃ː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Interjection

hä

1. huh? uh?
   1. Expresses that one has not understood a statement

      Synonyms: (more polite) was; (very polite) wie bitte

   2. Used to belittle the issuer of a statement/question

Usage notes

In a formal setting, or towards a stranger, the use of hä is generally regarded as impolite if not followed by a proper question. In an informal setting, hä can be neutral or negative depending on the tone of voice and context.

Further reading

• “hä” in Duden online
• “hä” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Anagrams

• äh

Swedish

Alternative forms

• he

Etymology

Apocopic form of häva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæː/

Verb

hä (present här, preterite hädde, supine hätt, imperative hä)

1. (dialectal, Norrland) to put

   Vart ville du att jag sku hä den, sa du?

   Where did you say you wanted me to put it?

   Int bryr jag mig, hä ba bort den nånstans.

   I don't care, just put it away somewhere.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hä (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	hä		häs
supine	hätt		hätts
imperative	hä		—
imper. plural1	hän		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	här	hädde	häs	häddes
ind. plural1	hä	hädde	häs	häddes
subjunctive2	hä	hädde	häs	häddes
present participle		häende
past participle		hädd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.