English - Alternative Forms

• herė

English - Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ)/, unstressed IPA^(key): /ə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝ/, unstressed IPA^(key): /ɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

English - Determiner

her

1. Belonging to her.

   This is her book

Translations

See also

English - Etymology

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

English - Pronoun

her

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

English - Anagrams

• EHR

Danish - Etymology

From Old Norse hér.

Danish - Adverb

her

1. here

Related terms

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

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

Faroese - Etymology

From Old Norse hér.

Faroese - Adverb

her

1. here

German - Etymology

Old High German hera.

German - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [heːɐ̯]
• Homophones: Heer, hehr
• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

German - Adverb

her

1. hither, to this place, to here, to me/us
2. ago

Antonyms

• hin

Derived terms

• heran
• heraus
• herbei
• herüber
• hierher
• woher

See also

• her-

German - External Links

• her in Duden online

Gothic - Romanization

hēr

1. Romanization of

Icelandic - Etymology

From Old Norse herr.

Icelandic - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛːr/
• Rhymes: -ɛːr

Icelandic - Noun

her m (genitive singular hers, nominative plural herir)

1. army, military

Declension

Derived terms

• herbragð
• hergögn
• herkvaðning
• hermaður
• herstígvél
• þú og hvaða her

Kurdish - Etymology

From Persian.

Kurdish - Adverb

her

1. every, each
2. anyone
3. anyway

Limburgish - Etymology

From hieër

Limburgish - Noun

her m

1. vocative of hieër
2. mister!
3. Lord!

Norwegian Bokmål - Etymology

From Old Norse hér.

Norwegian Bokmål - Adverb

her

1. here

References

• “her” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk - Etymology 1

From Old Norse hér.

Adverb

her

1. here

   Det er fint å vera her.

   It's nice to be here.

Norwegian Nynorsk - 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

Norwegian Nynorsk - References

• “her” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heːr/

Old English - 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

Old English - 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

hēr n

1. hair

Descendants

• English: hair

Old High German - Etymology

Proto-Germanic *hairaz, whence also Old English hār, Old Norse hárr.

Old High German - Adjective

hēr

1. old

Turkish - Etymology

From Persian هر (har).

Turkish - Adjective

her

1. every

Volapük - Noun

her (plural hers)

1. hair

Declension

Welsh - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛr/

Welsh - Noun

her f (plural heriau)

1. challenge

Mutation

Zazaki - Noun

her

1. donkey

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