she's

See also: shes

English

Etymology

• Contraction of she is.
• Contraction of she has.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːz/

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Contraction

she’s

1. Contraction of she is.
2. Contraction of she has.

Usage notes

• In most dialects, she’s is only used to mark the perfect tense (“She's done something.”, “She has done something.”), and not to signify possession (“She has something.”). Some dialects, however, use she’s for both.

Translations

she is

• German: sie ist
• Hungarian: ő (hu) (with a noun or adjective in the predicate); (ő) … van (with an adverb in the predicate)
• Swedish: hon är

she has

• German: sie hat
• Hungarian: (neki) van …-a/-e/-ja/-je (with the possessive form of the noun)
• Swedish: hon har

Anagrams

• sesh, EHSs, Hess