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hem

See also: Hem, hẻm, 'hem, and hem-

hem - English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hĕm, IPA: /hɛm/
    • (pin–pen merger) IPA: /hɪm/
  • Homophone: him (pin-pen merger)

Interjection

hem

  1. Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.

Noun

hem (plural hems)

  1. An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used to call attention.

Verb

hem (third-person singular simple present hems, present participle hemming, simple past and past participle hemmed)

  1. To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.

Derived terms

Translations

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hĕm, IPA: /hɛm/
    • (pin–pen merger) IPA: /hɪm/
  • Homophone: him (pin-pen merger)

Noun

hem (plural hems)

  1. (sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.
  2. A rim or margin of something.
  3. In sheet metal design, a rim or edge folded back on itself to create a smooth edge and to increase strength or rigidity.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hem (third-person singular simple present hems, present participle hemming, simple past and past participle hemmed)

  1. (sewing, intransitive) To make a hem.
  2. (transitive) To put hem on an article of clothing, to edge or put a border on something.
  3. (transitive) To shut in, enclose, confine; to surround something or someone in a confining way.
    • A small yard hemmed about by a tall hedge.

Derived terms

Translations

Pronoun

hem

  1. Obsolete form of 'em.

Anagrams

hem - Bislama

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈhem/
  • Hyphenation: hem

Pronoun

hem

  1. he, she, it; him, her

hem - Catalan

Verb

hem

  1. first-person plural present indicative form of haver

hem - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɦɛm/
  • Hyphenation: hem
  • Homophone: Hem

Pronoun

hem

  1. (personal) Third-person singular, masculine, objective: him.
    • Stuur dat maar naar hem.
      • Send that to him.
  2. (personal) The tagger in a game of tag: it.

Inflection

subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Descendants

hem - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɛm/

Interjection

hem

  1. interjection expressing doubt and/or hesitation

hem - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈhɛm]
  • Hyphenation: hem

Noun

hem (plural hemek)

  1. (biochemistry) heme (component of hemoglobin)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
Possessive forms of hem

Derived terms

  • hemmolekula
  • hemoxigenáz
  • hemszintézis

hem - Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hɛːm/

Noun

hem n (genitive singular hems, nominative plural hem)

  1. thin layer of ice

Declension

n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hem hemið hem hemin
accusative hem hemið hem hemin
dative hemi heminu hemum hemunum
genitive hems hemsins hema hemanna

Verb

hem (weak)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of hemja
  2. second-person singular imperative of hemja

hem - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈhɛm]
  • Hyphenation: hèm

Noun

hèm (first-person possessive hemku, second-person possessive hemmu, third-person possessive hemnya)

  1. shirt, an article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈhɛm]
  • Hyphenation: hèm

Noun

hèm (first-person possessive hemku, second-person possessive hemmu, third-person possessive hemnya)

  1. (biochemistry) heme: the component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈhəm]
  • Hyphenation: hêm

Interjection

hêm

  1. Used to express furious, etc.

hem - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /hem/, [hɛ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /em/, [ɛm]

Interjection

hem

  1. eh?, well well! (expressing surprise)

hem - Middle Dutch

Pronoun

hem

  1. accusative/dative of hi
  2. dative of het

Pronoun

hem

  1. accusative/dative of si (“they”)

hem - Middle English

Pronoun

hem (nominative he)

  1. Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them
  2. (reflexive) themselves

Alternative forms

Descendants

Noun

hem

  1. hem (edge of cloth or garment)
  2. edge, boundary

Alternative forms

Descendants

Pronoun

hem

  1. Alternative form of him (“him”)

hem - Northern Kurdish

Conjunction

hem

  1. and

hem - Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

hem

  1. imperative of hemme

hem - Old Dutch

Noun

hēm ?

  1. home, house
  2. hamlet

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

hem - Old Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈheːm/, [ˈhɛːm]

Noun

hēm m

  1. Alternative form of hām

hem - Pijin

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Alternative forms

Pronoun

hem

  1. he/she/it (third-person singular pronoun)

hem - Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈẽj̃/ [ˈẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA: [ˈɐ̃j̃]
  • Hyphenation: hem

Interjection

hem

  1. Alternative form of hein

hem - Romanian

Noun

hem n (plural hemuri)

  1. heme

Declension

singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) hem hemul (niște) hemuri hemurile
genitive/dative (unui) hem hemului (unor) hemuri hemurilor
vocative hemule hemurilor

hem - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hɛm/

Adverb

hem (not comparable)

  1. home; to one's home
    • Det är dags att gå hem.
      • It is time to go home.

Noun

hem n

  1. a home; one's dwelling place, as in a house or a more general geographical place; the abiding place of the affections.
  2. a home; an institution

Declension

Declension of hem 

Derived terms

hem - Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /hæm/

Adverb

hem

  1. and also

Conjunction

hem … hem …

  1. both … and
    • Synonym: hem … hem de …
    • Hem bu hem şu. ― Both this one and that one.
Meaning and Definition of hem
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