him

See also Him, hĩm, and hím

English

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Etymology

From Old English him dative singular of he (masculine) or it (neuter); from Proto-Germanic *himmai (compare Dutch hem).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

him personal pronoun, objective case

  1. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
    1. With dative effect or as an indirect object. [from 9th c.]
      • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula:
        ‘I promise,’ he said as I gave him the papers.
    2. Following a preposition. [from 9th c.]
      • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
        She was in no humour for conversation with anyone but himself; and to him she had hardly courage to speak.
    3. With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.]
      • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House:
        ‘He's got it buttoned in his breast. I saw him put it there.’
  2. (now rare) Used reflexively: (to) himself. [from 9th c.]
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XII:
      Apon a daye apoynted, the kynge arayed hym in royall apparell, and set hym in his seate, and made an oracion unto them.
    • 1765, Oliver Goldsmith, The traveller, or, A prospect of society
      Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,
      He sees his little lot the lot of all;
      [...]
      But calm, and bred in ignorance and toil,
      Each wish contracting, fits him to the soil.
  3. With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition. [from 15th c.]
    • c. 1616, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, First Folio 1623, V.10:
      Before my body, I throw my warlike Shield: Lay on Macduffe, And damn'd be him, that first cries hold, enough.
    • 2003, Claire Cozens, The Guardian, 11 Jun 2003:
      Lowe quit the West Wing last year amid rumours that he was unhappy that his co-stars earned more than him.

Translations

dative / indirect object
objective after preposition
accusative / direct object
he — see he
himself — see himself
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See also

English personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Subject Objective Reflexive Possessive adjective Possessive pronoun
Singular First — I me myself my mine
Second — you,
thou (archaic)		 you,
thee (archaic)		 yourself,
thyself (archaic)
theeself (archaic)		 your,
thy (archaic)		 yours,
thine (archaic)
Third Masculine he him himself his
Feminine she her herself her hers
Neuter it itself its its (rare)
Gender-neutral they them themself their theirs
Plural First — we us ourselves our ours
Second — you,
ye (archaic)		 you yourselves your yours
Third — they them themselves their theirs
Indefinite Third — one oneself one's —

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Irish

Noun

him m

  1. Mutated form of im.
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Luxembourgish

Pronoun

him

  1. third-person masculine singular, dative: him, to him
    Ech baken him e Kuch
    I'm baking him a cake
  2. third-person feminine singular, dative: her, to her
    Hie war mat him gëschter
    He was with her yesterday
  3. third-person neuter singular, dative: it, to it

Declension

Luxembourgish personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative reflexive
str. unstr. str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ech — mech — mir mer mech
2nd person singular
(informal)		 du de dech — dir der dech
2nd person singular
(formal)		 Dir — Iech — Iech — Iech
3rd person singular (m) hien en en — him em sech
3rd person singular (f) si / hatt se / et si / hatt se / et hir / him — / em sech
3rd person singular (n) et 't et 't him em sech
1st person plural mir mer eis / ons — eis / ons — eis / ons
2nd person plural dir der iech — iech — iech
3rd person plural si — si — hinnen – sech
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Mizo

Pronunciation

Adjective

him

  1. safe
  2. unscathed
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Old English

Pronunciation

Pronoun

him

  1. dative singular of hē or hit: (to) him, it
  2. dative plural of hē, hit or hēo: (to) them
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Old Frisian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

him

  1. him
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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian him

Pronunciation

Pronoun

him

  1. him
  2. himself
  3. itself

Usage notes

  • "Him" is used roughly like "himself" and "itself" in English. In these cases, it is used after a verb when there is another object in the sentence. For example, "Dy partij stelt him op it stânpunt fan it federalisme" more literally means "This party puts itself on the standpoint of federalism".
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