her

Meaning

Det

1. Belonging to her (belonging to that female, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).

Pron

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.

Noun

A female person or animal.

Synonyms

his

him

it

🇮🇹

its

she

👩

hers

he

👨

their

them

that

this

for him

they

to her

the

warrior

with him

woman

👩

you

A

A

at him

for her

itsenäiset his

of her

of him

that one’s

that’s

person in question

to him

her own

in my

your, etc. person

another

denotes possession

at it

daughter

female

girlfriend

herself

himself

his own

in

la

my

other

our

question

❓

to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɜː(ɹ)/

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”).

Sentences

I never saw her before .

With age her control and power increased .

She wanted to know why her name was not on the drawings of all the previous years .

A series of guest hosts then replaced her .

If that's her name .

Her family had a barn and orchard that kept her entertained .

Perusing the woods in the night , she could only rely on her instincts .

She put on her slippers , scaled the stairs , and went to bed .