her

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of her in English

English Online Dictionary. What means her‎? What does her mean?

Translingual

Symbol

her

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Herero.

English

Alternative forms

herė

Etymology

From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative and genitive 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) IPA^(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ)/, unstressed IPA^(key): /ə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɝ/, unstressed IPA^(key): /ɚ/
(Canada) IPA^(key): [ˈhɚː], unstressed IPA^(key): [ɚ]
- (Dialectal) IPA^(key): [ˈ(h)əɹ]
Homophone: 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

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; deprecated)

Her's a bosting wench! (as a subject wihout a conjunction; dialect)
- 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.
I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
- 1986, Hélène Cixous, Sorties (translated)
  […] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […]

Synonyms

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

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”) 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 her, from Old High German hera. Cognate to German Low German her.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /heːr/, [heːɐ̯], [hɛɐ̯]
Homophones: Heer, hehr, Herr (common merger)
Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Adverb

her

hither, to this place, to here, to me/us
ago

Antonyms

Derived terms

heran
heraus
herbei
herein
herüber
hierher
woher

Gothic

Romanization

hēr

Romanization of 𐌷𐌴𐍂

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse herr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɛːr/
Rhymes: -ɛːr

Noun

her m (genitive singular hers, nominative plural herir)

army, military

Declension

Derived terms

herbragð
hergögn
herkvaðning
hermaður
herstígvél
þú og hvaða her

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, heere, heir, here, herre, heyr, hier, hor, hore

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɛːr/, /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
Scots: hair, hayr, hare
Yola: haar

References

“hēr, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-16.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English hēr, 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: haar, here

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 (plural 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 (plural heres)

Alternative form of heir (“heir”)

Etymology 11

Verb

her

Alternative form of heren (“to hear”)

Etymology 12

Adjective

her

comparative degree of he (“high”)

North Frisian

Etymology 1

Pronoun

her

her: third-person singular, feminine, objective
her: third-person singular, feminine, possesive

Etymology 2

Verb

her

inflection of haa:
1. first/third-person singular preterite
2. plural preterite
3. 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): /hæːr/

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

Alternative forms

ᚻᛖᚱ (her) — Franks Casket

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xeːr/, [heːr]

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).

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

Noun

hēr n

Alternative form of hǣr

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

her

(northern dialects) Alternative form of er

Descendants

Middle High German: hër, he
- 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 (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, pages 333-334

Spanish

Verb

her

Obsolete spelling of hacer.

Conjugation

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish هر, from Persian (har). Cognate with Bengali হর (hor, “every”), Latin salvus (“safe, whole”), Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “complete, whole”). Doublet of salvo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hæɾ/, /heɾ/
Rhymes: -æɾ

Determiner

her

every
each

Volapük

Noun

her (nominative plural hers)

hair

Declension

Welsh

Etymology

Compare English here, used in an interjectory sense as in "here! shoo! go on!"

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɛr/

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): /hiː/
Homophone: haar

Etymology 1

From Middle English here, from Old English hire, from Proto-West Germanic *heʀē.

Pronoun

her

Etymology 2

From Middle English hire, from Old English hire, from Proto-West Germanic *heʀā.

Determiner

her

References

Zazaki

Etymology 1

Related to Persian (har).

Adjective

her

each

Etymology 2

Related to Persian (xar).

Noun

her

donkey

her

her

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Aromanian

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Cornish

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Czech

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Danish

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Dutch

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Faroese

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German

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Gothic

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Icelandic

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Noun

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Limburgish

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Noun

Middle English

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Noun

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Descendants

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Descendants

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