hä
Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.
Verb edit
hä
Conjugation edit
conjugation of hä – Urner dialect
| infinitive | hä | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | ghä | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person ich, i |
2nd person du |
3rd person er/si/es |
1st person mir |
2nd person ir |
3rd person si | ||
| indicative | present | hä | hesch | het | hä | heint | hä |
| subjunctive | present | heig, heigi | heigesch | heig, heigi | heige | heiget | heige |
| past | hät, hätti | hättesch | hät, hätti | hätte | hättet | hätte | |
| imperative | affirmative | — | häb | — | — | heint | — |
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
- e (reduced form)
- här (in liaison with a following vowel)
- hän, en (westernmost Moselle Franconian; only before vowels, h, and dental consonants)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German her, from Old High German her, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
hä (personal, stressed)
- (most dialects) he; nominative of the third-person singular masculine
Related terms edit
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
hä
- Alternative form of häh
Further reading edit
- “hä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
hä
Usage notes edit
In a formal setting, or towards a stranger, the use of hä is generally regarded as impolite if not followed by a proper question. In an informal setting, hä can be neutral or negative depending on the tone of voice and context.