her

CEFRA1

/ˈhɜː/

pronoun · determiner · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    pronoun

    Belonging to or referring to a female person or animal.

  2. 02

    pronoun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • I can't tell her now. It's not that simple anymore.

  • Stop it! You're making her feel uncomfortable!

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /heː/
  • /hɛr/

Deep Dive

pronoun

Extra meaning

  1. 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.

determiner

Extra meaning

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

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A female person or animal.

More examples

In context

  • We're going to call her Sophie.

  • He wrote her a letter (indirect object)

  • Give it to her (after preposition)

Synonyms

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Origin

pronoun

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”).