his

Meaning

Det

1. Belonging to him.
2. (dated, sometimes) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
3. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
4. (archaic) 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 or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
2. (informal) His house or home.
3. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of His.

Noun

plural of hi

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hi

• Intj
• Noun
• Adj

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Synonyms

her

hers

its

their

he

👨

she

👩

it

🇮🇹

him

for him

for her

that

at her

for it

his own

they

this

at it

at him

teacher

🧑‍🏫

mother

👩‍🍼

maternal aunt

theirs

them

belonging to that

in my

your, etc. person

denotes possession

himself

herself

father

👨‍👦

itsenäiset his

of her

that one’s

that’s

younger brother

older sister

her own

nape

one’s

our

my

Translations

son

🔉

suo

su

sein

sa

zijn

seine

suyo

ses

ihr

el seu

sua

ihre

le sien

de zijne

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɪz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: his

Inherited from Old English: his

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Icelandic: hans

In summary

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 brought his heart into his mouth .

The major was killed and his crew badly wounded .

As his reputation grew , job offers did as well .

He turned from the door and walked slowly toward the gate , still holding the keys in his hand .

Henderson stood up with a spade in his hand .

When they go out Lucius secretly eats his fill of their food .