hem

1) Used only as an object of a preposition

a verb. *) Some speakers may not distinguish various plurality categories

two plural pronouns. **) The collective pronouns specify that the action is performed by all subjects together

From English him. Cognate with Tok Pisin em.


hem

first-person plural present indicative of haver


hem

Stuur dat maar naar hem.

(personal) Third-person singular, masculine, objective: him

(personal) The tagger in a game of tag: it

ik (first-person personal pronoun singular stressed subjective)
'k (first-person personal pronoun singular subjective unstressed)
mij (first-person objective personal pronoun singular stressed)
me (first-person objective personal pronoun singular unstressed)
mijn (first-person personal possessive pronoun singular stressed)
m'n (first-person personal possessive pronoun singular unstressed)
mijne (first-person personal possessive predicative pronoun)
me (first-person personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive)
mijner (archaic first-person genitive personal predicative pronoun)
mijns (archaic first-person genitive personal predicative pronoun)
jij (personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective)
je (personal pronoun second-person singular subjective unstressed)
jou (objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
je (objective personal pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
jouw (personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed)
je (personal possessive pronoun second-person singular unstressed)
jouwe (personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
je (personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
jouwer (archaic genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
jouws (archaic genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
gij (archaic dialectal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective)
ge (archaic dialectal personal pronoun second-person singular subjective unstressed)
u (archaic dialectal objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uw (archaic dialectal personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uwe (archaic dialectal personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
u (archaic dialectal personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic dialectal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic dialectal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
u (formal personal pronoun second-person singular stressed subjective)
u (formal objective personal pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uw (formal personal possessive pronoun second-person singular stressed)
uwe (formal personal possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
zich (formal personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic formal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic formal genitive personal predicative pronoun second-person)
hij (masculine personal pronoun singular stressed subjective third-person)
ie (masculine personal pronoun singular subjective third-person unstressed)
hem (masculine objective personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
'm (masculine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijn (masculine personal possessive pronoun singular stressed third-person)
z'n (masculine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijne (masculine personal possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (masculine personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
zijner (archaic genitive masculine personal predicative pronoun third-person)
zijns (archaic genitive masculine personal predicative pronoun third-person)
zij (feminine personal pronoun singular stressed subjective third-person)
ze (feminine personal pronoun singular subjective third-person unstressed)
haar (feminine objective personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
h'r (feminine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
'r (feminine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
d'r (feminine objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
haar (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular stressed third-person)
h'r (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
'r (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
d'r (feminine personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
hare (feminine personal possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (feminine personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
harer (archaic feminine genitive personal predicative pronoun third-person)
haars (archaic feminine genitive personal predicative pronoun third-person)
het (neuter personal pronoun singular stressed subjective third-person)
't (neuter personal pronoun singular subjective third-person unstressed)
het (neuter objective personal pronoun singular stressed third-person)
't (neuter objective personal pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijn (neuter personal possessive pronoun singular stressed third-person)
z'n (neuter personal possessive pronoun singular third-person unstressed)
zijne (neuter personal possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (neuter personal possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
zijner (archaic genitive neuter personal predicative pronoun third-person)
zijns (archaic genitive neuter personal predicative pronoun third-person)
wij (first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
we (first-person personal plural pronoun unstressed)
ons (first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
onze (first-person personal plural pronoun stressed)
onze (first-person personal plural possessive predicative pronoun)
ons (first-person personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive)
onzer (archaic first-person genitive personal plural predicative pronoun)
onzes (archaic first-person genitive personal plural predicative pronoun)
jullie (personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
je (personal plural pronoun second-person unstressed)
je (personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
gij (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
ge (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person unstressed)
u (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uw (archaic dialectal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uwe (archaic dialectal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
u (archaic dialectal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic dialectal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic dialectal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
u (formal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uw (formal personal plural pronoun second-person stressed)
uwe (formal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun second-person)
zich (formal personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive second-person)
uwer (archaic formal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
uws (archaic formal genitive personal plural predicative pronoun second-person)
zij (personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
ze (personal plural pronoun third-person unstressed)
hen (personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
hun (personal plural pronoun stressed third-person)
hunne (personal plural possessive predicative pronoun third-person)
zich (personal plural possessive predicative pronoun reflexive third-person)
hunner (archaic genitive personal plural predicative pronoun third-person)
huns (archaic genitive personal plural predicative pronoun third-person)

Javindo: gem

Jersey Dutch: häm

desc

Negerhollands: em, am, an, ham, him, hem

→ Virgin Islands Creole: ahm, am

From Middle Dutch hem, from Old Dutch himo, from Proto-Germanic *himmai.


hem

Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)

onomatopoeic

imitation


hem

his morning hems

January 8, 1712', John Dryden, The Spectator No. 269

An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

imitation


hem

Hem, and stroke thy beard.

1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.

en-verb

hem (third-person singular simple present hems, present participle hemming, simple past and past participle hemmed)

hems (present singular third-person)
hemming (participle present)
hemmed (participle past)
hemmed (past)

onomatopoeic

imitation


hem

(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.

Entombed upon the very hem o' th' sea

c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:

In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.

هُدُب

From Middle English hem, hemm, in turn from Old English hem, of West Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *hammjan. Related to Middle High German hemmen (“to hem in”), Old Norse hemja (“to hem in, restrain”); outside of Germanic, to Armenian քամել (kʻamel, “to press, wring”), Russian ком (kom, “lump”).
The verb is from Middle English hemmen, from Old English hemman, from Proto-Germanic *hamjaną, or alternatively derived from the noun.


hem

(transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.

A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.

He’s in the saddle now. Fall in! Steady, the whole brigade! Hill’s at the ford, cut off — we’ll win his way out, ball and blade! What matter if our shoes are worn? What matter if our feet are torn? “Quick step! We’re with him before the morn!” That’s “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.”
The sun’s bright lances rout the mists of morning, and by George! Here’s Longstreet struggling in the lists, hemmed in an ugly gorge. Pope and his Yankees, whipped before, “Bay’nets and grape!” hear Stonewall roar; “Charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby’s score!” in “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.

1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way

(transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.


hem

And wente to the kinge and to the queene, and said to hem with a glad cheer.

1481, William Caxton, The Historie of Reynart the Foxe:

For eyther of hem mayntened.

‘What thinke you of this English, tel me I pray you.’ ‘It is a language that wyl do you good in England but passe Dover, it is woorth nothing.’ ‘Is it not used then in other countreyes?’ ‘No sir, with whom wyl you that they speake?’ ‘With English marchants.’ ‘English marchantes, when they are out of England, it liketh hem not, and they doo not speake it.

1591, John Florio, Second Frutes to be gathered of twelve trees, of diverse but delightful tastes to the tongues of Italian and English:

Tho to the greene wood they speeden hem all.

1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “May. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:

Except we make hem such.

1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

They go forth on Holydays and gather hem by the seashore.

1605 August (first performance), Geo[rge] Chapman, Ben Ionson, Ioh[n] Marston, Eastward Hoe. […], London: […] [George Eld] for William Aspley, published September 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

From Middle English hem, from Old English heom (“them”, dative), originally a dative plural form but in Middle English coming to serve as an accusative plural as well. More at 'em.


hem

interjection expressing doubt and/or hesitation


hem

hem o hem bän

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish هم, from Persian هم


hem

(biochemistry) heme (component of hemoglobin)

hemek (plural)
hem (nominative singular)
hemek (nominative plural)
hemet (accusative singular)
hemeket (accusative plural)
hemnek (dative singular)
hemeknek (dative plural)
hemmel (instrumental singular)
hemekkel (instrumental plural)
hemért (causal-final singular)
hemekért (causal-final plural)
hemmé (singular translative)
hemekké (plural translative)
hemig (singular terminative)
hemekig (plural terminative)
hemként (essive-formal singular)
hemekként (essive-formal plural)
hemben (inessive singular)
hemekben (inessive plural)
hemen (singular superessive)
hemeken (plural superessive)
hemnél (adessive singular)
hemeknél (adessive plural)
hembe (illative singular)
hemekbe (illative plural)
hemre (singular sublative)
hemekre (plural sublative)
hemhez (allative singular)
hemekhez (allative plural)
hemből (elative singular)
hemekből (elative plural)
hemről (delative singular)
hemekről (delative plural)
hemtől (ablative singular)
hemektől (ablative plural)
hemé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
hemeké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
heméi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
hemekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
hemem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
hemjeim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
hemed (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
hemjeid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
hemje (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
hemjei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
hemünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
hemjeink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
hemetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
hemjeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
hemjük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
hemjeik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


hem

is-noun

hem n (genitive singular hems, nominative plural hem)

hems (genitive singular)
hem (nominative plural)
hem (indefinite nominative singular)
hemið (definite nominative singular)
hem (indefinite nominative plural)
hemin (definite nominative plural)
hem (accusative indefinite singular)
hemið (accusative definite singular)
hem (accusative indefinite plural)
hemin (accusative definite plural)
hemi (dative indefinite singular)
heminu (dative definite singular)
hemum (dative indefinite plural)
hemunum (dative definite plural)
hems (genitive indefinite singular)
hemsins (definite genitive singular)
hema (genitive indefinite plural)
hemanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse hem, related to eimr (“vapor”).


hem

first-person singular present indicative of hemja

second-person singular imperative of hemja


hem

shirt, an article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

id-noun

hèm (first-person possessive hemku, second-person possessive hemmu, third-person possessive hemnya)

hèm (canonical)
hemku (first-person possessive)
hemmu (possessive second-person)
hemnya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch hemd, from Middle Dutch hemde, hemede, from Old Dutch *hemithi, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją.


hem

(biochemistry) heme: the component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen.


hem

A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia).

onomatopoeic

imitation


hem

From Old Dutch himo, from Proto-Germanic *himmai.


hem

From Old Dutch hin, from Proto-Germanic *himaz.


hem

14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 9–11.
And smale foweles maken melodye, / That slepen al the nyght with open eye- / (So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);

And many little birds make melody / That sleep through all the night with open eye / (So Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage)

And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and 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.

1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

He prayis hem to lyue releg[ious] lyff[is] and to luk waraly for the cummyng of the lord.

c. 1539, Murdoch Nisbet, The New Testament:

Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them

English: 'em, hem

Fingallian: a'me

Yola: aam

From Old English heom, from Proto-Germanic *himaz, masculine and neuter dative plural of *hiz. Compare þem.


hem

English: hem

Scots: hem, heme

From Old English hem. See English hem for more.


hem

desctree

Middle Dutch: hêem, heim
Dutch: heem, heim (possibly from German), -em, -hem, -gem (in placenames)
Afrikaans: heim
Limburgish: heim

From Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.


hem

Bihaen hemi finisim skul blong hem, hemi go minista long sios long ples blong hem long 'Areo.

1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu, page 75:

he/she/it (third-person singular pronoun)


hem

hemuri (plural)
hem (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
hemul (accusative definite nominative singular)
hemuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
hemurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
hem (indefinite singular)
hemului (definite singular)
hemuri (indefinite plural)
hemurilor (definite plural)
hemule (singular vocative)
hemurilor (plural vocative)


hem

Det är dags att gå hem.

Jag vill hem!

From Old Norse heim < heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.


hem

Farmor har städat hemmet.

a home; one's dwelling place, as in a house or a more general geographical place; the abiding place of the affections.

Farmor har hamnat på hemmet.

hem (indefinite nominative singular)
hems (genitive indefinite singular)
hemmet (definite nominative singular)
hemmets (definite genitive singular)
hem (indefinite nominative plural)
hems (genitive indefinite plural)
hemmen (definite nominative plural)
hemmens (definite genitive plural)


hem

Borrowed from Persian هم (ham). Doublet of homo-.


hem

Hem bu hem şu.