henne

See also: Henne and henné

henne - English

Noun

henne (plural hennes)

Obsolete spelling of hen

henne - Danish

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈhɛnə], [ˈhɛnn̩]

Adverb

henne

indicates location
- hvorhenne? – where?
- derhenne – over there
- henne ved bordet – over at the table
a point in time
- tre måneder henne – three months gone, three months pregnant

Usage notes

Contrast with hen; where henne indicates location, hen indicates movement. Thus hvor løber han henne means "in what place is he running", whereas hvor løber han hen means "whereto is he running".

Derived terms

henne - Middle Dutch

Noun

henne f

hen, chicken

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

hinne (Flemish)

Descendants

Dutch: hen
- Jersey Dutch: hän
Limburgish: hèn

henne - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈhɛnːə/

Pronoun

henne

her; object form of hun (=she)

henne - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈhɛnə/

Pronoun

henne

objective case of ho

henne - Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈhɛnːɛ/

Pronoun

henne

her; object form of hon (=she)
- Jag såg henne igår.
  - I saw her yesterday.

Declension

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	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	man or en⁴	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
	second	archaic	I	eder	eder, eders⁶	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom³	dem, dom³	deras
	third	reflexive	—	sig, sej³	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

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

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council