heren

See also: herén and ĥéren

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Noun

heren

  1. Plural form of heer
  2. (archaic) Genitive singular form of heer
    In het jaar des heren In the year of the Lord

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēran, hīeran, hȳran (to hear).

Alternative forms

Verb

hẹ̄ren

  1. to hear
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
      [A]nd so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.
Derived terms
  • herestou, harstou, harsto (all = “herest thou”)
  • herdestou, herdtou (both = “herdest thou”)
Descendants

References

Etymology 2

From here, with influence from min and þin.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

heren (nominative he)

  1. Third-person plural genitive pronoun: theirs
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heren

  1. (non-standard since 2012) singular definite of her
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