heren

Basque

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /eɾen/,
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /heɾen/,

Noun

heren inan or anim

1. (fractional number) third

Declension

Czech

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Noun

heren f

1. genitive plural of herna

Dutch

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• Rhymes: -eːrən

Noun

heren

1. plural of heer
2. (archaic) genitive singular of heer

   In het jaar des heren — In the year of the Lord

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēran, hīeran, hȳran (“to hear”).

Alternative forms

• (infinitive): her, here, heiren, eren, heræn, heri, ȝere, hearen, hæren, har, heoren, hiren, hieren, huren, huiren
• (second-person singular simple present): hẹ̄rest, hẹ̄res, hūrest, herst, harste, hierst
• (third-person singular simple present): hẹ̄reth, hẹ̄res, hīreth, hiereth, hūreth, huireth, hers, hirs, hierth
• (plural simple present): hẹ̄ren, hẹ̄reth, hers, hæreth, heoreth, hīreth, hiereth, hūreth
• (singular simple past): hē̮rd, hē̮rde, hẹ̮̄red, hẹ̮̄rede, hærde, hā̮rd, hā̮rde, heorde, heorda, hī̮rde, hū̮rde, huirde
• (past participle): hē̮rd, hē̮rde, hẹ̮̄red, ẹ̮̄rde, hā̮rd, hā̮rde, hā̮rden, heord, heorde, hū̮rde

Verb

hẹ̄ren

1. to hear
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     [A]nd so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.

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Descendants

• English: hear
• Scots: her, hear
• Yola: hert (preterite)

References

• “hẹ̄ren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From here, with influence from min and þin. Compare þeiren.

Alternative forms

• hern, herne, hiren, heoren, heoran, huren

Pronoun

heren (nominative he)

1. Third-person plural possessive pronoun: theirs, of them

Synonyms

• heres

See also

References

• “heren, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.

Etymology 3

From Old English hǣran; equivalent to here +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

heren

1. plural of here (“haircloth”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heren

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of her