hes
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
hes
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
hes
- (nonstandard, uncommon) Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; belonging to him.
- That's hes house over there.
Pronoun edit
hes
- (nonstandard, uncommon) Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; that that belongs to him.
- The idea was hes not mine.
Usage notes edit
Used in some dialects to represent the (often only occasional) pronunciation of his as he's as both a determiner and a pronoun. Although his is almost always used, regardless of pronunciation, hes and he's are sometimes used.
Etymology 3 edit
From he's via a reduction of the apostrophe.
Pronunciation edit
Contraction edit
hes
- (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of he's
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hes
- (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of has, representing dialectal English.
- 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw[1]:
- Jennie! Jennie! come an’ tell me thet the long-lost claim hes come back to Old Jack!
Etymology 5 edit
A mixture of she and he. Coined by Ching Hai in 1990s.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
hes (third-person singular, gender-neutral, nominative case, oblique hirm, reflexive hirmself, possessive hier, possessive hiers)
- The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From either German Hesse (“Hessian”) (possibly via Hessenkiel), or Häsz, Hesz (“clothing, dress”).
Noun edit
hes m (plural hessen, diminutive hesje n)
- A short, protective type of blouse or shirt, typically worn by manual laborers
- A light version of the above, worn as a signal, notably to be noticed by traffic
Usage notes edit
Mostly used in its diminutive form (hesje).
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from German hässlich (“hateful”).
Adjective edit
hes (comparative hesser, superlative meest hes or hest)
Inflection edit
Inflection of hes | ||||
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uninflected | hes | |||
inflected | hesse | |||
comparative | hesser | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | hes | hesser | het hest het heste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | hesse | hessere | heste |
n. sing. | hes | hesser | heste | |
plural | hesse | hessere | heste | |
definite | hesse | hessere | heste | |
partitive | hes | hessers | — |
Synonyms edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hes n (genitive singular hess, nominative plural hes)
Declension edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
hes
- Alternative form of heste (“directive”)
Etymology 2 edit
Determiner edit
hes
- Alternative form of his (“his”)
Pronoun edit
hes
- Alternative form of his (“his”)
Etymology 3 edit
Pronoun edit
hes
- Alternative form of his (“her”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- hås (Nynorsk also)
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
hes (neuter singular hest, definite singular and plural hese, comparative hesere, indefinite superlative hesest, definite superlative heseste)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “hes” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hes f (definite singular hesa, indefinite plural heser, definite plural hesene)
- a type of hayrack made from vertical posts with horizontal wire strung between them, for drying hay.
- Synonym: hesje
Inflection edit
Historical inflection of hes
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. |
Further reading edit
- “hes” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish edit
Noun edit
hes f pl
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
hes (comparative hesare, superlative hesast)
- hoarse
- Jag är lite hes idag ― I'm a bit hoarse today
- en hes röst ― a hoarse voice
Declension edit
Inflection of hes | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | hes | hesare | hesast |
Neuter singular | hest | hesare | hesast |
Plural | hesa | hesare | hesast |
Masculine plural3 | hese | hesare | hesast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | hese | hesare | hesaste |
All | hesa | hesare | hesaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |