Standard Lemma guide

her

det · name · noun · pron · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɜː/
  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ɜː/
  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation, unstressed: /hə/
  • Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ə/
  • /hɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /hɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /heː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • Northumbria: /hɔː/
  • Northumbria, unstressed: /æ/
  • Northumbria: /ɐ/
  • Scotland: /hɛr/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈhɝ/
  • Canada, General-American, unstressed: /ˈhɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: /ɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /høː/
  • homophone: hair
  • homophone: hare (both fair–fur merger)
  • homophone: a (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: HH ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

det

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This is her book

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

det

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Abbreviation of Hercules.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A female person or animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

pron

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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; proscribed)
  • Her's a bosting wench! (as a subject wihout a conjunction; dialectal)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

pron

Meaning 6

Honorific alternative letter-case form of her, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, honorific

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative 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”).

Across languages

Translations

243 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: haar — belonging to
  • American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp — belonging to
  • Arabic: ـهَا (-hā) — belonging to
  • Arabic: ـها (-ha) — belonging to
  • Armenian: նրա (nra) — belonging to
  • Old Armenian: նորա (nora) — belonging to
  • Aromanian: seu — belonging to
  • Aromanian: (a) ljei — belonging to
  • Azerbaijani: onun — belonging to
  • Belarusian: е́йны (jéjny) — belonging to
  • Belarusian: яе́ (jajé) — belonging to
  • Belarusian: свой (svoj) — belonging to
  • Bengali: এর (er) — belonging to
  • Bengali: ওর (ōr) — belonging to
  • Bengali: তার (tar) — belonging to
  • Bengali: এনার (enar) — belonging to
  • Bengali: ওনার (ōnar) — belonging to
  • Bengali: তাঁর (tãr) — belonging to
  • Central Bikol: saiya — belonging to
  • Central Bikol: niya — belonging to
  • Bulgarian: не́ин (néin) — belonging to
  • Catalan: seu — belonging to
  • Catalan: seva — belonging to
  • Chinese Mandarin: 她的 (tā de) — belonging to
  • Coptic: ⲡⲉⲥ (pes) — belonging to
  • Coptic: ⲧⲉⲥ (tes) — belonging to
  • Coptic: ⲛⲉⲥ (nes) — belonging to
  • Czech: její — belonging to
  • Danish: hendes — belonging to
  • Dutch: haar — belonging to
  • Egyptian: s (.s) — belonging to
  • Esperanto: ŝia — belonging to
  • Finnish: hänen — belonging to
  • French: son — belonging to
  • French: sa — belonging to
  • French: ses — belonging to
  • North Frisian: höör — belonging to
  • West-Frisian: har — belonging to
  • Friulian: so — belonging to
  • Friulian: sô — belonging to
  • Galician: seu — belonging to
  • Galician: súa — belonging to
  • Galician: dela — belonging to
  • Georgian: მისი (misi) — belonging to
  • Georgian: თავისი (tavisi) — belonging to
  • German: ihr — belonging to
  • German: ihre — belonging to
  • German: ihre — belonging to
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (seins) — belonging to
  • Greek: της (tis) — belonging to
  • Ancient Greek: αὐτῆς (autês) — belonging to
  • Ancient Greek: ταύτης (taútēs) — belonging to
  • Ancient Greek: τῆσδε (têsde) — belonging to
  • Ancient Greek: ἐκείνης (ekeínēs) — belonging to
  • Ancient Greek: ὅς (hós) — belonging to
  • Ancient Greek: ἑός (heós) — belonging to
  • Ancient Greek: οὗ (hoû) — belonging to
  • Hawaiian: kona — belonging to
  • Hawaiian: kāna — belonging to
  • Hebrew: שֶׁלָּהּ (shela) — belonging to
  • Hebrew: ־ה (-ah) — belonging to
  • Hindi: उसका (uskā) — belonging to
  • Hindi: इसका (iskā) — belonging to
  • Hindi: उनका (unkā) — belonging to
  • Hungarian: -a — belonging to
  • Hungarian: -e — belonging to
  • Hungarian: -ja — belonging to
  • Hungarian: -je — belonging to
  • Interlingua: su — belonging to
  • Irish: a — belonging to
  • Japanese: 彼女の (kanojo no) — belonging to
  • Kalmyk: энүнә (enünä) — belonging to
  • Kalmyk: терүнә (terünä) — belonging to
  • Korean: 그녀의 (geunyeoui) — belonging to
  • Korean: 그의 (geuui) — belonging to
  • Northern Kurdish: wê — belonging to
  • Latin: suus — belonging to
  • Latin: eius — belonging to
  • Latin: illius — belonging to
  • Latin: huius — belonging to
  • Latvian: viņas — belonging to
  • Louisiana Creole: sô — belonging to
  • Louisiana Creole: sâ — belonging to
  • Louisiana Creole: sê — belonging to
  • Macedonian: нејзин (nejzin) — belonging to
  • Maltese: tagħha — belonging to
  • Māori: tāna — belonging to
  • Māori: tōna — belonging to
  • Māori: āna — belonging to
  • Māori: ōna — belonging to
  • Māori: tana — belonging to
  • Māori: ana — belonging to
  • Nepali: उनको (unko) — belonging to
  • Norwegian: henne — belonging to
  • Norwegian: sin — belonging to
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hennes — belonging to
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hennar — belonging to
  • Nǀuu: ku — belonging to
  • Occitan: seu — belonging to
  • Occitan: seuna — belonging to
  • Odia: ତାର (tāra) — belonging to
  • Persian: او (u) — belonging to
  • Polish: jej — belonging to
  • Portuguese: seu — belonging to
  • Portuguese: dela — belonging to
  • Romani: laqo — belonging to
  • Romani: laqi — belonging to
  • Romani: laqe — belonging to
  • Romanian: său — belonging to
  • Romanian: ei — belonging to
  • Romansh: ses — belonging to
  • Romansh: sia — belonging to
  • Romansh: sias — belonging to
  • Russian: её (jejó) — belonging to
  • Serbo-Croatian: њен — belonging to
  • Serbo-Croatian: njen — belonging to
  • Slovak: jej — belonging to
  • Slovene: njén — belonging to
  • Lower Sorbian: jeje — belonging to
  • Upper Sorbian: jeje — belonging to
  • Spanish: su — belonging to
  • Swedish: hennes — belonging to
  • Swedish: sin — belonging to
  • Telugu: దాని (dāni) — belonging to
  • Telugu: ఆమె (āme) — belonging to
  • Telugu: ఆవిడ (āviḍa) — belonging to
  • Thai: ของเขา (kŏng kăo) — belonging to
  • Tlingit: du — belonging to
  • Tupinambá: i — belonging to
  • Turkish: onun — belonging to
  • Ukrainian: її́ (jijí) — belonging to
  • Urdu: اس کا (us kā) — belonging to
  • Urdu: اس کا (is kā) — belonging to
  • Urdu: ان کا (un kā) — belonging to
  • Volapük: ofik — belonging to
  • Waray-Waray: iya — belonging to
  • Waray-Waray: ira — belonging to
  • Zulu: -wo — belonging to
  • Zulu: -lo — belonging to
  • Zulu: -so — belonging to
  • Zulu: -yo — belonging to
  • Zulu: -lo — belonging to
  • Arabic: ـهَا (-hā) — she
  • Arabic: إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā) — she
  • Arabic: ـها (-ha) — she
  • Armenian: նրան (nran) — she
  • Armenian: իրեն (iren) — she
  • Old Armenian: նմա (nma) — she
  • Azerbaijani: onu — she
  • Azerbaijani: ona — she
  • Azerbaijani: ondan — she
  • Azerbaijani: onda — she
  • Azerbaijani: onunla — she
  • Azerbaijani: onsuz — she
  • Belizean Creole: ahn — she
  • Bengali: একে (eke) — she
  • Bengali: ওকে (ōke) — she
  • Bengali: তাকে (take) — she
  • Bengali: এনাকে (enake) — she
  • Bengali: ওনাকে (ōnake) — she
  • Bengali: তাঁকে (tãke) — she
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ye — she
  • Czech: jí — she
  • Czech: ji — she
  • Danish: hende — she
  • Dutch: haar — she
  • Finnish: hän — she
  • French: lui — she
  • French: la — she
  • Galician: a — she
  • Galician: lle — she
  • German: sie — she
  • German: ihr — she
  • German: es — she
  • German: ihm — she
  • Greenlandic: una — she
  • Hindi: इस (is) — she
  • Hindi: उस (us) — she
  • Hungarian: őt — she
  • Hungarian: neki — she
  • Ido: el — she
  • Ido: elu — she
  • Interlingua: la — she
  • Irish: í — she
  • Irish: ise — she
  • Old Irish: s- — she
  • Old Irish: da- — she
  • Old Irish: -us — she
  • Judeo-Italian: אֵיסַה — she
  • Khmer: នាង (niəng) — she
  • Latin: eam — she
  • Latin: ei — she
  • Latin: (acc) eam — she
  • Latin: ea — she
  • Latin: ei — she
  • Latin: illi — she
  • Latin: (acc) illam — she
  • Latin: illa — she
  • Latin: (acc) hanc — she
  • Latin: huic — she
  • Latin: hac — she
  • Latvian: viņu — she
  • Latvian: viņai — she
  • Louisiana Creole: li — she
  • Macedonian: ја (ja) — she
  • Macedonian: ѝ (ì) — she
  • Macedonian: нејзе (nejze) — she
  • Motu: ia — she
  • Nepali: उनलाई (unlāī) — she
  • Norwegian Bokmål: henne — she
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ho — she
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: henne — she
  • Polish: jej — she
  • Polish: ją — she
  • Polish: nią — she
  • Polish: niej — she
  • Portuguese: ela — she
  • Russian: её (jejó) — she
  • Russian: ей (jej) — she
  • Sicilian: ci — she
  • Sicilian: a iḍḍa — she
  • Sicilian: ci — she
  • Sicilian: la or a — she
  • Sicilian: iḍḍa — she
  • Slovak: jej — she
  • Slovak: nej — she
  • Lower Sorbian: ju — she
  • Spanish: le — she
  • Spanish: la — she
  • Swedish: henne — she
  • Telugu: దాన్ని (dānni) — she
  • Telugu: ఆమెని (āmeni) — she
  • Telugu: ఆవిణ్ని (āviṇni) — she
  • Tupinambá: i — she
  • Walloon: li — she
  • Walloon: lyi — she
  • Wolof: ko — she
  • Zulu: yena — she
  • Zulu: wona — she
  • Zulu: lona — she
  • Zulu: sona — she
  • Zulu: yona — she
  • Zulu: lona — she