hans

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hans, the genitive of hann (“he”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hans

  1. genitive of han (“his”)
    Bogen er hans. ― The book is his.
    Det er hans bog. ― It is his book.

Declension

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal (uncommon) De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common (noun) den dens
neuter (noun) det dets
indefinite man en ens
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

Faroese

Pronoun

hans

  1. archaic genitive of hann (“his”)

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) eg, jeg tú hann hon tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) meg, mjeg teg, tjeg hana
Dative (hvørjumfall) mær tær honum henni tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) mín tín hansara, hans† hennara, hennar† tess
Plural (fleirtal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) vit tit teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) okkum tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall) okkara tykkara teirra

Icelandic

Pronoun

hans

  1. (personal) genitive of hann; his
    Ég fór í húsið hans.
    I went to his house.

Declension

  Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative ég, eg, ek† þú hann hún, hon†, hón† það, þat†
accusative mig, mik† þig, þik† hann hana það, þat†
dative mér þér honum, hánum† henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative við þið, þit† þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

Latvian

Noun

hans m (1st declension)

  1. khan

Declension

Declension of hans (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) hans hani
accusative (akuzatīvs) hanu hanus
genitive (ģenitīvs) hana hanu
dative (datīvs) hanam haniem
instrumental (instrumentālis) hanu haniem
locative (lokatīvs) hanā hanos
vocative (vokatīvs) han hani

Norman

Noun

hans

  1. plural of han

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

hans

  1. possessive of han; his

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hans, genitive of hann (“he”).

Determiner

hans

  1. possessive of han; his; belonging to him
    huset hans brann opp
    his house burnt down
    far hans var vaksen opp der
    his father had grown up there
    hans store sorg
    his great sorrow
    sorga er hans
    the sorrow is his
  2. of (expressing possession or association)
    kjerringa hans Einar døydde
    the wife of Einar (Einar's wife) died
Usage notes
  • As with the han, hans is not used only with masculine persons, but also with masculine nouns. The same cannot be said for the sense expressing possession or association, used more like a preposition.
  • When applied after a noun, the noun should always be in its definite form. This is by far the most normal way in which hans is used. Some familial terms are exempt, but not excluded. These are bror, far, and mor, though occasionally also dotter and syster.
  • Though not as common, hans may also come preceding a nominal phrase. This is usually done for emphasis or for phrases that might be considered more "fixed". In these cases, the noun should be in its appropriate indefinite form. The phrase itself must still be considered definite though, and as such, adjectives still inflected in their definite forms.
Synonyms
  • (expressing possession or association): til (preposition) (used irrespective of gender of possessor)
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
person first person second person reflexive third person
case singular singular masculine singular feminine singular neuter
nominative eg, je1 du han ho det, dat2
accusative meg deg seg han, honom2 ho, henne2 det, dat2
dative2 meg deg seg honom henne di2
genitive min din sin hans hennar, hennes1 dess3
case plural
nominative me, vi de, dokker dei
accusative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg dei, deim2
dative oss, okk dykk, dokker seg deim2
genitive vår, okkar dykkar, dokkar sin deira, deires1
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.

Etymology 2

Noun

hans m (definite singular hansen, indefinite plural hansar, definite plural hansane)

  1. clipping of hansel.

Etymology 3

From the verb hanse.

Noun

hans m (definite singular hansen, uncountable)

  1. (historical, nautical, collective) a feast or a set of gifts which a sailor was expected to provide his fellow crewmen upon the return of his first voyage.

References

Anagrams

Old Norse

Pronoun

hans

  1. genitive singular of hann

Portuguese

Noun

hans m

  1. plural of han

Swedish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

hans

  1. (personal pronoun): his
    Boken är hans. ― The book is his.
    Det är hans bok. ― It is his book.

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 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
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
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
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