her
determinerpronounnountop 100 in film dialogue
- Australia//ˈhɜː//
- Australia//ɜː//
- Australia//hə//
- Australia//ə//
- //hɛː//
Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
determiner
- 1
Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
This is her book
Prodigal in everything, summer spreads her blessings with lavish unconcern, and waving her magic wand across the landscape of the world, she bids the sons of men to enter in [...]
Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.
On top of the circle she wrote her name, Louise, just above where the 12 on a clock would be.
- 2
Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).
Begin by having students choose a short poem to memorize; they will enjoy searching the library for a poem that appeals to them. If a student wishes to memorize her poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system.
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”).
pronoun
- 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.
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)
noun
- 1
informalA female person or animal.
I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
[…] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […]
By this time, she had so many questions, but she only hit him up for one answer about those “hims” and “hers.” She asked, “Do both hims and hers reproduce hummers?”
Forms
- plural
- hers
her · Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
hera · A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist…Hera · The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth;…herald · A messenger, especially one bringing important news.