henne
English Edit
Noun Edit
henne (plural hennes)
- Obsolete spelling of hen
Danish Edit
Etymology Edit
See hen
Pronunciation Edit
Adverb Edit
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 notes Edit
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 terms Edit
Middle Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Dutch *henna, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju.
Noun Edit
henne f
Inflection Edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms Edit
- hinne (Flemish)
Descendants Edit
Further reading Edit
- “henne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “henne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
henne
See also Edit
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 | |
Second formal (rare) | – | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
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 | |||||
Second formal (very rare) | – | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | general | de | dem | deres | ||||
reflexive | – | - | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine |
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
henne
- objective case of ho
References Edit
- “henne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Norse henni, dative of hón (“she”).
Pronunciation Edit
Pronoun Edit
henne
Declension Edit
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