henne

See also: Henne and henné

English

Noun

henne (plural hennes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hen

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɛnə/, [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-Germanic *hanjō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).

Noun

henne f

  1. hen, chicken

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading
  • “henne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “henne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

henne

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

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛnə/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

henne

  1. objective case of ho

References

Swedish

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

Pronoun

henne

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

Declension
Swedish personal pronouns
subject object possessive
singular full full common neuter plural
1st person jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
2nd person du dig, dej2 din ditt dina
3rd person masculine han honom, han2 hans
3rd person feminine hon henne hennes
3rd person gender-neutral hen1 hen1, henom1 hens1
3rd person common den den dess
3rd person neuter det det dess
3rd person indefinite man or en6 en ens
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural
1st person vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
2nd person ni er, eder5 er, eran2, eder5 ert, erat2, edert5 era, edra5
3rd person de, dom4 dem, dom4 deras
3rd person reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Not universally accepted.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling sometimes found in colloquial texts.
4Informal pronunciation spelling found very often in informal writings.
5Dated
6Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.
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