henne

See also:Henne,andhenné

English

Noun

henne(pluralhennes)

1. Obsoletespelling ofhen.

Danish

Etymology

Seehen

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 withhen;wherehenneindicates location,henindicates movement. Thushvor løber han hennemeans "in what place is he running", whereashvor løber han henmeans "whereto is he running".

Derived terms

• derhenne
• herhenne
• hvorhenne

Middle Dutch

Etymology

FromOld Dutch*henna,fromProto-West Germanic*hannju.

Noun

hennef

1. hen,chicken

Inflection

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• hinne(Flemish)

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “henne”,inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
• Verwijs, E.,Verdam, J.(1885–1929) “henne”,inMiddelnederlandsch Woordenboek,The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,→ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈhɛnːə/

Pronoun

henne

1. her;object form ofhun(=she)

See also

Personal pronouns inBokmål

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
		formal(rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	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	general	dere		deres
		formal(very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈhɛnə/

Pronoun

henne

1. objective case ofho

References

• “henne”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈxen.ne/,[ˈhen.ne]

Noun

henne

1. inflection ofhenn:
   1. nominativeplural
   2. accusativesingular/plural
   3. genitive/dativesingular

Swedish

Etymology

FromOld Norsehenni,dative ofhón(“she”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈhɛnːɛ/

• Audio:

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Pronoun

henne

1. her;object form ofhon(=she)

   Synonym:(dialectal)na

   Jag såghenneigår.

   I sawheryesterday.

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	manoren4	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, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquialpronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative toman,to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by theSwedish Language Council

References

• honinSvensk ordbok(SO)
• honinSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• honinSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)