his

Meaning

Det

1. Belonging to him.
2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
3. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
4. Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.

Pron

1. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
2. Alternative spelling of His

Noun

plural of hi

Concepts

his

her

hers

its

their

he

she

it

him

for him

for her

that

his own

at her

at him

at it

for it

they

this

itsenäiset his

my

our

belonging to that

theirs

in my

your, etc. person

denotes possession

her own

one’s

of her

them

herself

himself

that one’s

that’s

father

mother

older sister

teacher

younger brother

nape

maternal aunt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɪz/

Etymology

From Middle English his, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

Sentences

It’s an incredible live performance on his part .

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

The boy knew the desert sensed his fear .

The national tour ended the following year as his management costs proved too expensive .

The levanter was still getting stronger , and he felt its force on his face .

They were fascinating stories: each of them lived out his destiny to the end .

When he was four weeks old , his family relocated to Vienna , Austria .

After the Grenier report was released , he resigned his position .