höör

North Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative and genitive singular of *hijō). Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [høːɐ̯]

Pronoun

höör

1. (Sylt) Object case of jü: her, herself

Alternative forms

• 's (reduced form)
• ham (Föhr-Amrum), har (Mooring)

Determiner

höör (invariable)

1. (Sylt) her (third-person singular feminine possessive determiner)

Alternative forms

• san (Föhr-Amrum), harn (Mooring)

Pronoun

höör (plural höören)

1. (Sylt) hers (third-person singular feminine possessive pronoun)

Alternative forms

• san (Föhr-Amrum), harn (Mooring)

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)

		personal				possessive
		subject case		object case		singular referent	plural referent
		full	reduced	full	reduced		attributive	independent
singular	1st	ik	'k	mi		min		minen
	2nd	dü	–	di		din		dinen
	3rd m.	hi	'r	höm	'n	sin		sinen
	3rd f.	jü	's	höör	's	höör		höören
	3rd n.	hat	et, 't	höm	et, 't	sin		sinen
dual	1st	wat		unk				unken
	2nd	at		junk				junken
	3rd	jat		jam	's	jaar		jaaren
plural	1st	wü		üüs				üüsen
	2nd	i		juu				juuen
	3rd	ja	's	jam	's	jaar		jaaren
notes		The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. Et is not enclitic and can stand in any unstressed position; the full subject form hat is now rarely used. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. The dual forms are dated, but not obsolete as in other dialects. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.