hers

H4E1R1S1
UK/ˈhɜːz/UK/əz/Northumbria/ˈhɔːz/US/ˈhɝz/

pronoun

That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.

“Let's go over to hers.”

Less commonFirst used 12th c.Scrabble 7

Meanings

hers1

pronounhers (plural hers)

alternative her's

  1. That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.First known use 12th c.

    This is a favourite song of hers.

    4 more examples

    That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.

    Mine is the blue one, and hers is the red one.

    The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her's […], depended on the testimony she should give.

    1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 335

    The rest of us, meanwhile, would do well to accept that one woman’s choice is just that; hers and hers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged.

    2019 August 31, Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian
  2. informalHer house or home.

    Let's go over to hers.

noun

alternative her's

  1. pluralplural of her

Hers2

pronoun
  1. honorificHonorific alternative letter-case form of hers, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhires
  2. Englishhers

From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her + -s (compare -'s).

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Translations

Arabic لَهَا
  • لَهَا (lahā)that which belongs to her
Bulgarian не́ин
  • не́ин (néin)that which belongs to her
Chinese Mandarin 她的
  • 她的 (tā-de)that which belongs to her
Czech její
  • jejíthat which belongs to her
Danish hendes
  • hendesthat which belongs to her
Dutch het hare, de hare
  • het harethat which belongs to her
  • de harethat which belongs to her
Finnish hänen
  • hänenthat which belongs to her
French le sien, la sienne
  • le sienthat which belongs to her
  • la siennethat which belongs to her
  • les siensthat which belongs to her
  • les siennesthat which belongs to her
German ihrer, ihre
  • ihrerthat which belongs to her
  • ihrethat which belongs to her
  • ihresthat which belongs to her
  • ihrsthat which belongs to her
  • ihr m or f orthat which belongs to her
  • der Ihrethat which belongs to her
  • die Ihrethat which belongs to her
  • das Ihrethat which belongs to her
  • die Ihrenthat which belongs to her
Greek δικός της, δικιά της
  • δικός της (dikós tis)that which belongs to her
  • δικιά της (dikiá tis)that which belongs to her
  • δική της (dikí tis)that which belongs to her
  • δικό της (dikó tis)that which belongs to her
  • δικοί της (dikoí tis)that which belongs to her
  • δικές της (dikés tis)that which belongs to her
  • δικά της (diká tis)that which belongs to her
Hawaiian ona, āna
  • onathat which belongs to her
  • ānathat which belongs to her
Hungarian övé
  • övéthat which belongs to her
Icelandic hennar
  • hennarthat which belongs to her
Italian il suo, la sua
  • il suothat which belongs to her
  • la suathat which belongs to her
  • i suoithat which belongs to her
  • le suethat which belongs to her
Japanese 彼女の
  • 彼女の (kanojo no)that which belongs to her
Latin suus, eius
  • suusthat which belongs to her
  • eiusthat which belongs to her
  • illiusthat which belongs to her
  • huiusthat which belongs to her
Latvian viņas, viņējs
  • viņasthat which belongs to her
  • viņējsthat which belongs to her
  • viņējaisthat which belongs to her
Norwegian Bokmål hennes
  • hennesthat which belongs to her
Polish jej
  • jejthat which belongs to her
Portuguese o seu, a sua
  • o seuthat which belongs to her
  • a suathat which belongs to her
  • o delathat which belongs to her
  • a delathat which belongs to her
Romanian a ei, al său
  • a eithat which belongs to her
  • al săuthat which belongs to her
  • a sathat which belongs to her
  • ai săithat which belongs to her
  • ale salethat which belongs to her
Russian её
  • её (jejó)that which belongs to her
Slovak jej
  • jejthat which belongs to her
Spanish el suyo, los suyos
  • el suyothat which belongs to her
  • los suyosthat which belongs to her
  • la suyathat which belongs to her
  • las suyasthat which belongs to her
Swedish hennes, sin
  • hennesthat which belongs to her
  • sinthat which belongs to her
  • sittthat which belongs to her
  • sinathat which belongs to her
Tagalog niya, kaniya
  • niyathat which belongs to her
  • kaniyathat which belongs to her
Ukrainian її́
  • її́ (jijí)that which belongs to her

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Chicago

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