her

From Latin ferrum. Compare Daco-Romanian fier, Spanish hierro.


her

(obsolete outside fixed expressions) here

(obsolete outside fixed expressions) hither

van hot naar her

from pillar to post, here, there and everywhere

From Middle Dutch her. Cognate with Old High German hera (“hither”) and likely Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐍂𐌹 (hiri).


her

This is her book

Prodigal in everything, summer spreads her blessings with lavish unconcern, and waving her magic wand across the landscape of the world, she bids the sons of men to enter in [...]

1928, The Journal of the American Dental Association, page 765:

Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.

1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1:

On top of the circle she wrote her name, Louise, just above where the 12 on a clock would be.

2001, Betsy Gould Hearne, Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 78:

On 24 April Nelson rejoined his ship, her battle damage repaired […]

2010, Andrew Lambert, Nelson: Britannia's God of War, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:

Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).

Begin by having students choose a short poem to memorize; they will enjoy searching the library for a poem that appeals to them. If a student wishes to memorize her poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system.

2017, David Yellin, Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts, page 115:

Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).

possessive concord + -khe class 1 (most common)

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”).

inh

dative and genitive singular of <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro">*hijō</i>


her

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)

"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."

February 1896, Ground-swells, by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; page 183

“I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie.

1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin Lawrence Edition, Penguin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 213:

"It's all right," he was shouting. "Come out, Mrs. Beaver. Come out, Sons and Daughters of Adam and Eve. It's all right! It isn't her!" This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they are excited; I mean, in Narnia—in our world they usually don't talk at all.

1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:

Every day I had to watch as him and her went off for long walks together, and each night I had to go to my lonely, cold bed with the thought that they were sharing the same one […]

2013, James Tully, The Crimes of Charlotte Brontë:

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.

(After preposition that governs the accusative) eam

(After preposition that governs the dative) ei

(After preposition that governs the ablative) ea

ci

indirect object with an imperative verb; attached to the end of the verb and becoming -[c]ci- when used along with a direct object


her

I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.

[…] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […]

1986, Hélène Cixous, Sorties (translated)

By this time, she had so many questions, but she only hit him up for one answer about those “hims” and “hers.” She asked, “Do both hims and hers reproduce hummers?”

2004, Charles J. Sullivan, Love and Survival, page 68:


her

Komm her!

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

Es ist zehn Jahre her, dass ich das letzte Mal Auto gefahren bin.

Ten years ago was the last time I drove a car.

From Middle High German her, from Old High German hera. Cognate to German Low German her.


her

is-noun

her m (genitive singular hers, nominative plural herir)

hers (genitive singular)
herir (nominative plural)
her (indefinite nominative singular)
herinn (definite nominative singular)
herir (indefinite nominative plural)
herirnir (definite nominative plural)
her (accusative indefinite singular)
herinn (accusative definite singular)
heri (accusative indefinite plural)
herina (accusative definite plural)
her (dative indefinite singular)
hernum (dative definite singular)
herjum (dative indefinite plural)
herjunum (dative definite plural)
hers (genitive indefinite singular)
hersins (definite genitive singular)
herja (genitive indefinite plural)
herjanna (definite genitive plural)


her

⁊ þe heed of him ⁊ his heeris weren whiyt as whiyt wolle .· ⁊ as ſnow / ⁊ þe iȝen of him as flawme of fier .·

c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:14, page 117v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

And his head and his hairs were white, like white wool or snow, and his eyes were like fire's flame.

Tho rad he me how sāpson lost his heeres

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

(countable) a hair (follicular growth on the skin)

But first he cheweth greyn and lycorys / To smellen sweete, er he hadde kembd his heer.

a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 3690–3691:

Though first he chews spices and licorice, / To smell sweet before he'd combed his hair.

(uncountable) hair (follicular growths on the skin)

Something similar in appearance to hair (e.g. a botanical hair)

(figurative) small part, any part (of a person)

English: hair

Scots: hair, hayr, hare

Yola: haar

Inherited from Old English hǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą.


her

English: here

Scots: here, her

Yola: haar, here

Inherited from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r.


her

Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)


her

Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)


her

her: third-person singular, feminine, objective

her: third-person singular, feminine, possesive


her

inflection of haa:
first/third-person singular preterite


her

Det er fint å vera her.

Eg såg ho her ein dag.


her

heren (definite singular)
herar (indefinite plural)
herane (definite plural)


her

late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 46:2

God heard him and called out, "Jacob, Jacob!" And he answered him and said, "Here I am!"

God hine ġehīerde and cleopode hine and cwæþ tō him, "Iācōb, Iācōb"! And hē him andswarode and cwæþ, "Hēr iċ eom!"

Middle English: her, here, heer

English: here

Scots: her, here

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).


her

North Frisian:

Föhr-Amrum: hiar

Goesharde: heer, häär

Halligen: heer

Heligoland: Hear

Mooring: häär

Sylt: Hiir

Wiedingharde: heer

Saterland Frisian: Híer

West Frisian: hier

From Proto-West Germanic *hār. Cognates include Old English hǣr, Old Saxon hār and Old Dutch hār.


her

hēr (canonical)
hērro (comparative)
hērōro (comparative)
hērēr (masculine nominative singular)
her (masculine nominative singular)
hēriu (feminine nominative singular)
her (feminine nominative singular)
hēraz (neuter nominative singular)
her (neuter nominative singular)
hēran (accusative masculine singular)
hēra (accusative feminine singular)
hēraz (accusative neuter singular)
hēres (genitive masculine singular)
hērera (feminine genitive singular)
hēres (genitive neuter singular)
hēremu (dative masculine singular)
hēreru (dative feminine singular)
hēremu (dative neuter singular)
hēru (instrumental masculine singular)
hēru (instrumental neuter singular)
hēre (masculine nominative plural)
her (masculine nominative plural)
hēro (feminine nominative plural)
her (feminine nominative plural)
hēriu (neuter nominative plural)
her (neuter nominative plural)
hēre (accusative masculine plural)
hēro (accusative feminine plural)
hēriu (accusative neuter plural)
hērero (genitive masculine plural)
hērero (feminine genitive plural)
hērero (genitive neuter plural)
hērēm (dative masculine plural)
hērēm (dative feminine plural)
hērēm (dative neuter plural)
hēro (masculine nominative singular)
hēra (feminine nominative singular)
hēra (neuter nominative singular)
hēron (accusative masculine singular)
hērūn (accusative feminine singular)
hēra (accusative neuter singular)
hēren (genitive masculine singular)
hērūn (feminine genitive singular)
hēren (genitive neuter singular)
hēren (dative masculine singular)
hērūn (dative feminine singular)
hēren (dative neuter singular)
hēron (masculine nominative plural)
hērūn (feminine nominative plural)
hēron (neuter nominative plural)
hēron (accusative masculine plural)
hērūn (accusative feminine plural)
hēron (accusative neuter plural)
hērōno (genitive masculine plural)
hērōno (feminine genitive plural)
hērōno (genitive neuter plural)
hērōm (dative masculine plural)
hērōm (dative feminine plural)
hērōm (dative neuter plural)
hērōro (comparative masculine nominative singular)
hērōra (comparative feminine nominative singular)
hērōra (comparative neuter nominative singular)
hērōron (accusative comparative masculine singular)
hērōrūn (accusative comparative feminine singular)
hērōra (accusative comparative neuter singular)
hērōren (comparative genitive masculine singular)
hērōrūn (comparative feminine genitive singular)
hērōren (comparative genitive neuter singular)
hērōren (comparative dative masculine singular)
hērōrūn (comparative dative feminine singular)
hērōren (comparative dative neuter singular)
hērōron (comparative masculine nominative plural)
hērōrūn (comparative feminine nominative plural)
hērōron (comparative neuter nominative plural)
hērōron (accusative comparative masculine plural)
hērōrūn (accusative comparative feminine plural)
hērōron (accusative comparative neuter plural)
hērōrōno (comparative genitive masculine plural)
hērōrōno (comparative feminine genitive plural)
hērōrōno (comparative genitive neuter plural)
hērōrōm (comparative dative masculine plural)
hērōrōm (comparative dative feminine plural)
hērōrōm (comparative dative neuter plural)
hērōstēr (masculine nominative singular superlative)
hērōst (masculine nominative singular superlative)
hērōstiu (feminine nominative singular superlative)
hērōst (feminine nominative singular superlative)
hērōstaz (neuter nominative singular superlative)
hērōst (neuter nominative singular superlative)
hērōstan (accusative masculine singular superlative)
hērōsta (accusative feminine singular superlative)
hērōstaz (accusative neuter singular superlative)
hērōstes (genitive masculine singular superlative)
hērōstera (feminine genitive singular superlative)
hērōstes (genitive neuter singular superlative)
hērōstemu (dative masculine singular superlative)
hērōsteru (dative feminine singular superlative)
hērōstemu (dative neuter singular superlative)
hērōstu (instrumental masculine singular superlative)
hērōstu (instrumental neuter singular superlative)
hērōste (masculine nominative plural superlative)
hērōst (masculine nominative plural superlative)
hērōsto (feminine nominative plural superlative)
hērōst (feminine nominative plural superlative)
hērōstiu (neuter nominative plural superlative)
hērōst (neuter nominative plural superlative)
hērōste (accusative masculine plural superlative)
hērōsto (accusative feminine plural superlative)
hērōstiu (accusative neuter plural superlative)
hērōstero (genitive masculine plural superlative)
hērōstero (feminine genitive plural superlative)
hērōstero (genitive neuter plural superlative)
hērōstēm (dative masculine plural superlative)
hērōstēm (dative feminine plural superlative)
hērōstēm (dative neuter plural superlative)
hērōsto (masculine nominative singular superlative)
hērōsta (feminine nominative singular superlative)
hērōsta (neuter nominative singular superlative)
hērōston (accusative masculine singular superlative)
hērōstūn (accusative feminine singular superlative)
hērōsta (accusative neuter singular superlative)
hērōsten (genitive masculine singular superlative)
hērōstūn (feminine genitive singular superlative)
hērōsten (genitive neuter singular superlative)
hērōsten (dative masculine singular superlative)
hērōstūn (dative feminine singular superlative)
hērōsten (dative neuter singular superlative)
hērōston (masculine nominative plural superlative)
hērōstūn (feminine nominative plural superlative)
hērōston (neuter nominative plural superlative)
hērōston (accusative masculine plural superlative)
hērōstūn (accusative feminine plural superlative)
hērōston (accusative neuter plural superlative)
hērōstōno (genitive masculine plural superlative)
hērōstōno (feminine genitive plural superlative)
hērōstōno (genitive neuter plural superlative)
hērōstōm (dative masculine plural superlative)
hērōstōm (dative feminine plural superlative)
hērōstōm (dative neuter plural superlative)

Middle High German: hēr

German: hehr


her

(northern dialects) Alternative form of er

Middle High German: hër, he

Central Franconian:

Moselle Franconian: ä, en (from the accusative)

Eifelisch: hän, hen, 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

From Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.


her

Jiezi, Gaizi, Mengda, Chahandusi, Hanbahe, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai

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


her

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


her

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.


her

hers (nominative plural)
her (nominative singular)
hers (nominative plural)
hera (genitive singular)
heras (genitive plural)
here (dative singular)
heres (dative plural)
heri (accusative singular)
heris (accusative plural)
o her! (singular vocative)
o hers! (plural vocative)
heru (predicative singular)
herus (plural predicative)


her

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

onomatopoeic

interjectory


her

A portion ich gae her, was (it's now ich have ee-tolth)

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867

The portion I gave her was (it's now I have told)

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


her

An awi gome her egges wi a wheel an car taape,

Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

And away went her eggs, with the car overset.

Shu ztaared, clappu her baashes an up wi punaan,

She stared, clapped her palms, and up with lament,

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