heren

See also: Heren, herén, and ĥéren

Basque

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Cardinal: hiru     Ordinal: hirugarren     Multiplier: hirukoitz     Distributive: hiruna     Collective: hirukote     Fractional: heren

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /eɾen/, [e̞.ɾẽ̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /heɾen/, [ɦe̞.ɾẽ̞n]

Noun

heren inan or anim

1. (fractional number) third

Declension

Declension of heren (anim/inan C-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		heren	herena	herenak	herenok
ergative		herenek	herenak	herenek	herenok
dative		hereni	herenari	herenei	herenoi
genitive		herenen	herenaren	herenen	herenon
comitative		herenekin	herenarekin	herenekin	herenokin
causative		herenengatik	herenarengatik	herenengatik	herenongatik
benefactive		herenentzat	herenarentzat	herenentzat	herenontzat
instrumental		herenez	herenaz	herenez	herenotaz
innesive	anim.	herenengan	herenarengan	herenengan	herenongan
	inan.	herenetan	herenean	herenetan	herenotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	herenetako	hereneko	herenetako	herenotako
allative	anim.	herenengana	herenarengana	herenengana	herenongana
	inan.	herenetara	herenera	herenetara	herenotara
terminative	anim.	herenenganaino	herenarenganaino	herenenganaino	herenonganaino
	inan.	herenetaraino	hereneraino	herenetaraino	herenotaraino
directive	anim.	herenenganantz	herenarenganantz	herenenganantz	herenonganantz
	inan.	herenetarantz	herenerantz	herenetarantz	herenotarantz
destinative	anim.	herenenganako	herenarenganako	herenenganako	herenonganako
	inan.	herenetarako	herenerako	herenetarako	herenotarako
ablative	anim.	herenengandik	herenarengandik	herenengandik	herenongandik
	inan.	herenetatik	herenetik	herenetatik	herenotatik
partitive		herenik	—	—	—
prolative		herentzat	—	—	—

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrɛn]

Noun

heren f

1. genitive plural of herna

Dutch

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• Rhymes: -eːrən

Noun

heren

1. plural of heer
2. (archaic) genitive singular of heer

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēran, hīeran, hȳran (“to hear”).

Alternative forms

• (infinitive): her, here, heiren, eren, heræn, heri, ȝere, hearen, hæren, har, heoren, hiren, hieren, huren, huiren
• (second-person singular simple present): hẹ̄rest, hẹ̄res, hūrest, herst, harste, hierst
• (third-person singular simple present): hẹ̄reth, hẹ̄res, hīreth, hiereth, hūreth, huireth, hers, hirs, hierth
• (plural simple present): hẹ̄ren, hẹ̄reth, hers, hæreth, heoreth, hīreth, hiereth, hūreth
• (singular simple past): hē̮rd, hē̮rde, hẹ̮̄red, hẹ̮̄rede, hærde, hā̮rd, hā̮rde, heorde, heorda, hī̮rde, hū̮rde, huirde
• (past participle): hē̮rd, hē̮rde, hẹ̮̄red, ẹ̮̄rde, hā̮rd, hā̮rde, hā̮rden, heord, heorde, hū̮rde

Verb

hẹ̄ren

1. to hear
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     [A]nd so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: hear
• Scots: her, hear
• Yola: hert (preterite)

References

• “hẹ̄ren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From here, with influence from min and þin. Compare þeiren.

Alternative forms

• hern, herne, hiren, heoren, heoran, huren

Pronoun

heren (nominative he)

1. Third-person plural possessive pronoun: theirs, of them

Synonyms

• heres

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹ Used preconsonantally or before h.
² Early or dialectal.
³ Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.

References

• “heren, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.

Etymology 3

From Old English hǣran; equivalent to here +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

heren

1. plural of here (“haircloth”)

Etymology 4

Noun

heren

1. (Late Middle English, Norfolk) alternative form of iren

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heren m

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of her