her

== Translingual == === Symbol === her (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Herero. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Herero terms == English == === Alternative forms === herė hor (Northumbria) === Etymology === From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative singular of *hijō). Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”). === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation, Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhɜː/; /ɜː/, (unstressed) /hə/, /ə/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /hɛː/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /hɜː(ɹ)/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /heː/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /hɔː/; (unstressed) /æ/, /ɐ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /hɛr/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhɝ/; (unstressed) /ˈhɚ/, /ɚ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /høː/ Homophones: hair, hare (both fair–fur merger); a (non-rhotic, unstressed form) Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) === Determiner === her Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc). This is her book Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense). ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Pronoun === her The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction. Give it to her (after preposition) He wrote her a letter (indirect object) He treated her for a cold (direct object) Him and her went for a walk (with a conjunction; proscribed) Her's a bosting wench! (as a subject wihout a conjunction; dialectal) 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." ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === her (plural hers) (informal) A female person or animal. 1986, Hélène Cixous, Sorties (translated) […] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […] ==== Synonyms ==== she === Anagrams === EHR, Ehr, HRE, reh == Aromanian == === Alternative forms === heru, hjeru === Etymology === From Latin ferrum. Compare Daco-Romanian fier, Spanish hierro. === Noun === her n (plural heari or heare) iron ==== Related terms ==== hirar == Bavarian == === Etymology === From Middle High German hër, hëre, from Old High German hëra, which corresponds to hier in the same way as dara (“thither”) to dār (“there”). Cognate with German her. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈheɐ̯/ === Adverb === her hither, to this place, to here, to me/us Wo kimmst'n her? ― Where are you coming from? (temporal) ago ==== See also ==== == Cornish == === Noun === her mixed mutation of ger == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɛr] === Noun === her f genitive plural of hra == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse hér. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛr/, [hɛɐ̯], [heɐ̯] === Adverb === her here ==== Related terms ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch her. Cognate with Old High German hera (“hither”) (German her) and likely Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐍂𐌹 (hiri). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɛr/ === Adverb === her (obsolete outside fixed expressions) here (obsolete outside fixed expressions) hither ==== Usage notes ==== Not in common usage, "hier" is rather used. "her" is only used in expressions like the ones below. ==== Derived terms ==== == Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /heːɹ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hér. ==== Adverb ==== her here === Etymology 2 === From herur. ==== Noun ==== her indefinite accusative singular of herur == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hër, hëre, from Old High German hëra, which corresponds to hier in the same way as dara (“thither”) to dār (“there”). Cognate to Dutch her, Low German her, and possibly Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐍂𐌹 (hiri). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /heːr/, [heːɐ̯], [hɛɐ̯] Homophones: Heer, hehr (general), Herr (common merger) Rhymes: -eːɐ̯ === Adverb === her hither, to this place, to here, to me/us Synonym: hierhin Coordinate terms: hin, dahin, dorthin Komm her! ― Come here! (informal, perhaps regional) along, on this way Synonyms: entlang, lang; (Northern Germany also) längs Wo gehen wir her? ― Which way to do we go? (literally, “Where do we go along?”) (temporal) ago ==== Usage notes ==== Apart from the temporal use, chiefly found as part of separable compound verbs (e.g. herkommen, hergehen above). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== her- === Further reading === “her” in Duden online “her”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[4] (in German) === Anagrams === Reh, ehr == Gothic == === Romanization === hēr romanization of 𐌷𐌴𐍂 == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse herr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɛːr] Rhymes: -ɛːr === Noun === her m (genitive singular hers, nominative plural herir or (archaic/obsolete) herjar) army, military ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “her”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “her”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “her” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Indonesian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Kur [Term?] ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhɛr/ [ˈhɛr] Rhymes: -ɛr Syllabification: her ==== Noun ==== her (plural her-her) a container made from woven hibiscus tree bark, in the shape of an inverted cone with a rope to hang over the head, then the woven material is carried behind the back, usually used to carry garden produce === Etymology 2 === From hereksamen, ultimately derived from Dutch herexamen (“retake exam, resit”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhɛr/ [ˈhɛr] Rhymes: -ɛr Syllabification: her ==== Noun ==== her (plural her-her) (colloquial, somewhat uncommon) apocopic form of hereksamen (“retake exam, resit”) Synonyms: (more common) remedial, ujian ulang === Further reading === “her”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Limburgish == === Etymology === From hieër. === Noun === her m vocative singular of hieër == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English hǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą. ==== Alternative forms ==== er, hair, haire, har, hare, hær, hear, heer, heere, heir, here, herre, heyr, hier, hor, hore ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /hɛ̝ːr/, /heːr/ ==== Noun ==== her (plural heres) (countable) a hair (follicular growth on the skin) (uncountable) hair (follicular growths on the skin) pelt, hide, animal skin Something similar in appearance to hair (e.g. a botanical hair) (figurative) small part, any part (of a person) ===== Related terms ===== hors her hery ===== Descendants ===== English: hair → Russian: хаер (xajer), хайр (xajr) →⇒ Russian: хайратник (xajratnik) Scots: hair, hayr, hare Yola: haar ==== References ==== “hēr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 May 2018. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old English hēr, *hǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r. ==== Alternative forms ==== ar, er, ere, hare, hær, hære, heir, here, herre, hier, hiere, hir, hire, hyer, hyre ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /heːr/, /hɛːr/ ==== Adverb ==== her here ===== Descendants ===== English: here Scots: here, her Yola: here, haar ==== References ==== “hẹ̄r, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Determiner ==== her alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive) ==== Pronoun ==== her alternative form of hire (“hers”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Pronoun ==== her alternative form of hire (“her”, object) === Etymology 5 === ==== Determiner ==== her alternative form of here (“their”) === Etymology 6 === ==== Adjective ==== her alternative form of here (“pleasant”) === Etymology 7 === ==== Noun ==== her (heres) alternative form of here (“haircloth”) === Etymology 8 === ==== Noun ==== her alternative form of herre (“hinge”) === Etymology 9 === ==== Noun ==== her alternative form of here (“army”) === Etymology 10 === ==== Noun ==== her (heres) alternative form of heir (“heir”) === Etymology 11 === ==== Verb ==== her alternative form of heren (“to hear”) === Etymology 12 === ==== Adjective ==== her alternative form of herre: comparative degree of heigh (“high”) == North Frisian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronoun ==== her her: third-person singular, feminine, objective her: third-person singular, feminine, possessive === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== her inflection of haa: first/third-person singular preterite plural preterite past participle == Northern Kurdish == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárwas. === Adverb === her every, each ever, always == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse hér. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hæːɾ/ === Adverb === her here ==== Derived terms ==== herfra, herifra ==== References ==== “her” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hæːr/, /heːr/ Homophone: hær === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse hér. ==== Adverb ==== her here just now, recently === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== her m (definite singular heren, indefinite plural herar, definite plural herane) (pre-2012) alternative form of hær === References === “her” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *hēr, 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 (hēr). ==== Alternative forms ==== ᚻᛖᚱ (her) — Franks Casket ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /xeːr/, [heːr] Rhymes: -eːr ==== Adverb ==== hēr here late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 46:2 ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: her, here, heer English: here Scots: her, here === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /xeːr/, [heːr] Rhymes: -eːr ==== Noun ==== hēr n (Anglian, late Kentish) alternative form of hǣr ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: == Old Frisian == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hār. Cognates include Old English hǣr, Old Saxon hār and Old Dutch hār. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈheːr/, [ˈhɛːr] === Noun === hēr n hair ==== Descendants ==== North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: hiar Goesharde: heer, häär Halligen: heer Heligoland: Hear Mooring: häär Sylt: Hiir Wiedingharde: heer Saterland Frisian: Híer West Frisian: hier ==== References ==== Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN == Old High German == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *hairaz. ==== Adjective ==== hēr (comparative hērro or hērōro) gray-haired, old noble, venerable ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Middle High German: hēr German: hehr === Etymology 2 === From Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz. ==== Pronoun ==== hër (northern dialects) alternative form of ër ===== Descendants ===== Middle High German: hër, hë Central Franconian: Moselle Franconian: ä, en (from the accusative) Eifelisch: hän, hen, en Luxembourgish: hien, en Ripuarian: Aachensch: he Kölsch: hä, ä East Central German: Lusatian-New Marchian: hä Thuringian: North Thuringian: he, hä Rhine Franconian: Hessian: Low Hessian: he, hä South Hessian: he Vilamovian: hār == Old Norse == === Noun === her accusative/dative singular of herr == Salar == === Etymology === From Persian هر (har). Cognate with Bengali হর (hor, “every”), Latin salvus (“safe, whole”), Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “complete, whole”). === Pronunciation === (Jiezi, Gaizi, Mengda, Chahandusi, Hanbahe, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [her] (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [heɹ] (Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [hær] (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [hɑ] === Adjective === her every ==== Derived terms ==== her gün (“every day”) === References === Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “her”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, pages 333-334 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeɾ/ [ˈeɾ] Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: her === Verb === her (first-person singular present ho, first-person singular preterite hi, past participle hido) (obsolete or regional) alternative form of hacer ==== Conjugation ==== === References === == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish هر, from Persian هر (har). Cognate with Bengali হর (hor, “every”), Latin salvus (“safe, whole”), Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “complete, whole”). Doublet of salvo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hæɾ/ Rhymes: -æɾ === Determiner === her every each === Adverb === her every time ==== Derived Terms ==== == Volapük == === Noun === her (genitive hera, plural hers) hair ==== Declension ==== == Welsh == === Etymology === Compare English here, used in an interjectory sense as in "here! shoo! go on!" === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛr/ Rhymes: -ɛr === Noun === her f (plural heriau, not mutable) challenge === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “her”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies == Yola == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛr/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English here, from Old English hire, from Proto-West Germanic *heʀē. ==== Pronoun ==== her her === Etymology 2 === From Middle English hire, from Old English hire, from Proto-West Germanic *heʀā. ==== Determiner ==== her her === References === == Zazaki == === Etymology 1 === Related to Persian هر (har). ==== Adjective ==== her each === Etymology 2 === Related to Persian خر (xar). ==== Noun ==== her donkey