henne

See also: Henne and henné

English

Noun

henne (plural hennes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hen

Danish

Etymology

See hen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛnə], [ˈhɛnn̩]

Adverb

henne

  1. indicates location
    hvorhenne? – where?
    derhenne – over there
    henne ved bordet – over at the table
  2. a point in time
    tre måneder henne – three months gone, three months pregnant

Usage notes

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *henna, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju.

Noun

henne f

  1. hen, chicken

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • Dutch: hen
    • Jersey Dutch: hän
  • Limburgish: hèn

Further reading
  • “henne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “henne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛnːə/

Pronoun

henne

  1. her; object form of hun (=she)

See also
    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 Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛnə/

Pronoun

henne

  1. objective case of ho

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse henni, dative of hón (“she”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛnːɛ/
  • audio(file)

Pronoun

henne

  1. her; object form of hon (=she)
    Jag såg henne igår.
    I saw her yesterday.
    Synonym: (dialectal) na

Declension
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
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
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