hers
See also: her's, Hers, and Her's
English
Alternative forms
- her's (now nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her + -s (compare -'s).[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɜːz/, unstressed IPA(key): /əz/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɝz/, unstressed IPA(key): /ɚz/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z
Pronoun
hers
- That which belongs to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.]
- 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin 1999, p. 335:
- The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her's […], depended on the testimony she should give.
- 2019, Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian, 31 August:
- The rest of us, meanwhile, would do well to accept that one woman’s choice is just that; hers and hers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged.
- 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin 1999, p. 335:
Translations
that which belongs to her
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Noun
hers
- plural of her
See also
English personal pronouns
personal pronoun | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner | |||||
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subjective | objective | reflexive | |||||
first person | singular | I me (colloquial) | me | myself me mysen | mine | my mine (before vowels, archaic) me | |
plural | we | us | ourselves ourself oursen | ours | our | ||
second person | singular | standard, formal | you | you | yourself yoursen | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
archaic, informal | thou | thee | thyself theeself thysen | thine | thy thine (before vowels) | ||
plural | standard | you ye (archaic) | you | yourselves | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your | |
colloquial | you all y'all you guys | you all y'all you guys | – | y'all's you guys's your guys's (proscribed) | y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys's your guys's (proscribed) | ||
informal / dialectal | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | ||||||
third person | singular | masculine | he | him | himself hisself (archaic) hissen | his hisn (obsolete outside dialects) | his |
feminine | she | her | herself hersen | hers hern (obsolete outside dialects) | her | ||
neuter | it hit | it hit | itself hitself | its his (archaic) | its his (archaic) hits | ||
genderless | they | them | themself, themselves | theirs | their | ||
genderless, nonspecific (formal) | one | one | oneself | – | one's | ||
plural | they | them hem, 'em | themselves theirsen | theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects) | their |
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “hers”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
- EHRs, H. Res., H.Res., HSer, RSeH, Resh, Sher, ersh, rehs, resh
Icelandic
Noun
hers
- indefinite genitive singular of her
Middle English
Pronoun
hers
- Alternative form of hires (“hers”)
Pronoun
hers
- Alternative form of heres (“theirs”)
Noun
hers
- Alternative form of ars (“anus; buttocks”)
Verb
hers
- Alternative form of hereth: third-person singular present of heren (“to hear”)
- Alternative form of heren: plural present of heren (“to hear”)