hans
See also: Hans and HANS
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hans, the genitive of hann (“he”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hans/, [hæns]
Pronoun
hans
- genitive of han (“his”)
- Bogen er hans. ― The book is his.
- Det er hans bog. ― It is his book.
Declension
Danish personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | neuter | plural | |||||
| Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
| Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine | |
| formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
| Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | |||
| feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
| common(noun) | den | dens | |||||
| neuter(noun) | det | dets | |||||
| reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine | ||
| Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | ||
| archaic / formal | vor | vort | vore | ||||
| Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
| Third | – | de | dem | deres | |||
| reflexive | – | sig | |||||
Faroese
Pronoun
hans
- archaic genitive of hann (“his”)
Declension
Faroese personal pronouns
| Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn) | |||||
| Singular (eintal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | eg, jeg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg, mjeg | teg, tjeg | hana | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara, hans† | hennara, hennar† | tess |
| Plural (fleirtal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum, teim† | ||||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra | ||
Icelandic
Pronoun
hans
- (personal) genitive of hann; his
- Ég fór í húsiðhans. ― I went to his house.
Declension
Icelandic personal pronouns
| Icelandic personal pronouns | ||||||
| singular | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
| nominative | ég, eg†, ek† | þú | hann | hún, hon†, hón† | það, þat† | |
| accusative | mig, mik† | þig, þik† | hann | hana | það, þat† | |
| dative | mér | þér | honum, hánum† | henni | því | |
| genitive | mín | þín | hans | hennar | þess | |
| plural | first person | second person | third person masculine | third person feminine | third person neuter | |
| nominative | við | þið, þit† | þeir | þær | þau | |
| accusative | okkur | ykkur | þá | þær | þau | |
| dative | okkur | ykkur | þeim | þeim | þeim | |
| genitive | okkar | ykkar | þeirra | þeirra | þeirra | |
Latvian
Noun
hans m (1st declension)
- khan
Declension
Declension of hans (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | hans | hani |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | hanu | hanus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | hana | hanu |
| dative (datīvs) | hanam | haniem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | hanu | haniem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | hanā | hanos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | han | hani |
Norman
Noun
hans
- plural of han
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronoun
hans
- possessive of han; his
References
- “hans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɑns/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hans, genitive of hann (“he”).
Determiner
hans
- possessive of han; his; belonging to him
- huset hans brann opp
- his house burnt down
- far hans var vaksen opp der
- his father had grown up there
- hans store sorg
- his great sorrow
- sorga er hans
- the sorrow is his
- of (expressing possession or association)
- kjerringa hans Einar døydde
- the wife of Einar (Einar's wife) died
Usage notes
- As with the han, hans is not used only with masculine persons, but also with masculine nouns. The same cannot be said for the sense expressing possession or association, used more like a preposition.
- When applied after a noun, the noun should always be in its definite form. This is by far the most normal way in which hans is used. Some familial terms are exempt, but not excluded. These are bror, far, and mor, though occasionally also dotter and syster.
- Though not as common, hans may also come preceding a nominal phrase. This is usually done for emphasis or for phrases that might be considered more "fixed". In these cases, the noun should be in its appropriate indefinite form. The phrase itself must still be considered definite though, and as such, adjectives still inflected in their definite forms.
Synonyms
- (expressing possession or association): til (preposition) (used irrespective of gender of possessor)
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
| person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
| nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
| accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
| dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
| genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
| case | plural | |||||
| nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
| accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
| dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
| genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 | ||
Noun
hans m (definite singular hansen, indefinite plural hansar, definite plural hansane)
- clipping of hansel.
Etymology 3
From the verb hanse.
Noun
hans m (definite singular hansen, uncountable)
- (historical, nautical, collective) a feast or a set of gifts which a sailor was expected to provide his fellow crewmen upon the return of his first voyage.
References
- “hans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “han” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Hans
Old Norse
Pronoun
hans
- genitive singular of hann
Portuguese
Noun
hans m
- plural of han
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Pronoun
hans
- (personal pronoun): his
- Boken är hans. ― The book is his.
- Det är hans bok. ― It is his book.
Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | neuter | plural | |||||
| singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
| second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
| third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
| feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
| gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
| common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
| neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
| indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
| reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
| plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
| second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
| archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
| third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
| reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling.
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council