henne
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
henne (plural hennes)
- Obsolete spelling of hen
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
See hen
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
henne
- indicates location
- hvorhenne? – where?
- derhenne – over there
- henne ved bordet – over at the table
- a point in time
- tre måneder henne – three months gone, three months pregnant
Usage notesEdit
Contrast with hen; where henne indicates location, hen indicates movement. Thus hvor løber han henne means "in what place is he running", whereas hvor løber han hen means "whereto is he running".
Derived termsEdit
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch *henna, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju.
NounEdit
henne f
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative formsEdit
- hinne (Flemish)
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “henne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “henne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
henne
See alsoEdit
Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
feminine | masculine | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
Second | – | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine | |
Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | ||||
masculine (person) | han | ham / han | hans | |||||
feminine (noun) | den | dens | ||||||
masculine (noun) | ||||||||
neuter (noun) | det | dets | ||||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine | ||
Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vårt | våre | |
Second | – | dere | deres | |||||
Third | general | de | dem | deres | ||||
reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
henne
- objective case of ho
ReferencesEdit
- “henne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse henni, dative of hón (“she”).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
henne
DeclensionEdit
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