"hen" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Adverb

Etymology: From Middle Low German hen, henne. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|gml|hen}} Middle Low German hen, {{m|gml|henne}} henne Head templates: {{head|nb|adverb|head=}} hen, {{nb-adv}} hen
  1. used with a verb, indicating a movement towards or to something.
    Sense id: en-hen-nb-adv-yAtlXELK
  2. (dialectal) where Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-hen-nb-adv-tIERwQxl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

Forms: hens [possessive]
Etymology: Through Swedish hen from Finnish hän. Etymology templates: {{wp|hen (pronoun)|lang=en}}, {{bor|nb|sv|hen}} Swedish hen, {{der|nb|fi|hän}} Finnish hän Head templates: {{head|nb|pronoun|<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">third person</i> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">singular</i> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">gender-neutral</i> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">personal pronoun</i>||<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">possessive</i>|hens}} hen (third person singular gender-neutral personal pronoun, possessive hens)
  1. (neologism) they Tags: gender-neutral, neologism, personal, pronoun, singular, third-person Related terms: han (english: he), hun (english: she), vedkommende (english: they)
    Sense id: en-hen-nb-pron-FR5YqDEw Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål neologisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "text": "Kommer studenten for sent, må hen vente ute.",
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          "text": "Kommer studenten for sent, må hen vente ute.",
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