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her^¹

/hɜː/ Australia, UK
/ɜː/ Australia, UK
/hə/ Australia, UK
/ə/ Australia, UK
/hɛː/ UK
/hɜː(ɹ)/ UK
/heː/ UK
/hɔː/ Northumbria, UK
/æ/ Northumbria, UK, unstressed
/ɐ/ Northumbria, UK
/hɛr/ Scotland, UK
/hər/ Scotland, UK, unstressed
/ər/ Scotland, UK
/hɝ/ Canada, US
/hɚ/ Canada, US, unstressed
/ɚ/ Canada, US
/høː/ New Zealand

Sounds like hair, hare (both fair–fur merger), a (non-rhotic, unstressed form) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ), -ɛr

Where it comes from

From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative singular of *hijō).

Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).

determiner herė · hor

Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc). This is her book
Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense). Begin by having students choose a short poem to memorize; they will enjoy searching the library for a poem that appeals to them. If a student wishes to memorize her poem and share it aloud with the rest of the class, suggest a buddy system.

pronoun herė · hor

The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction. Give it to her (after preposition)

noun hers · herė · hor

informal A female person or animal. I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
Similar: she

Her^²

pronoun

honorific Honorific alternative letter-case form of her, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. It is certain that Juan Diego was a virtuous man, who tried to direct his life along the road of righteousness, of honesty, of virtue, and to make all that pleased God bloom, who was chosen by the Mother of God Herself to be Her [i.e. the mother's] messenger.

proper noun

abbreviation Abbreviation of Hercules

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: girl, him, daughter, son, sound, particular, knows, hls, pronoun, sas, thereof, said, ses, zhang, bran, edie

Translations

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det belonging to

Español	su
한국어	그녀의 geunyeoui, 그의 geuui
日本語	彼女の kanojo no
中文	她的 tā de
हिन्दी	उसका uskā, इसका iskā, उनका unkā
Português	seu, dela
Français	son, sa, ses
Deutsch	ihr, ihre
Ελληνικά	της tis
Română	său, ei
Русский	её jejó
العربية	ـهَا -hā
עברית	שֶׁלָּהּ shela, ־ה -ah

pron she

Español	le, la
हिन्दी	इस is, उस us
Português	ela
Français	lui, la
Deutsch	sie, ihr, es, ihm
Ελληνικά	αυτήν aftín
Русский	её jejó, ей jej
العربية	ـهَا -hā, إِيَّاهَا ʔiyyāhā

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@misc{her_2026,
  title = {her},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/her},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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