hers

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See also: her's, Hers, and Her's

English

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Etymology

From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her +‎ -s (compare -'s).[1]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hers (plural hers)

  1. That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.
    That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.
    Mine is the blue one, and hers is the red one.
    This is a favourite song of hers. (double possessive)
    • 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 335:
      The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her's […], depended on the testimony she should give.
    • 2019 August 31, Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian:
      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.
  2. (informal) Her house or home.
    Let's go over to hers.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

hers

  1. plural of her

See also

English personal pronouns
Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.
personal pronoun possessive
pronoun		 possessive
determiner
subjective objective reflexive
first person singular I
me (colloquial)		 me myself
me
mysen		 mine my
mine (before vowels, archaic)
me
plural we us ourselves
ourself
oursen		 ours our
second person singular standard, formal you you yourself
yoursen		 yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
archaic, informal thou thee thyself
theeself
thysen		 thine thy
thine (before vowels)
plural standard you
ye (archaic)		 you yourselves yours
yourn (obsolete outside dialects)		 your
colloquial you all
y'all
you guys		 you all
y'all
you guys		 y'allselves y'all's
you guys'
your guys' (proscribed)		 y'all's
your all's (nonstandard)
you guys'
your guys' (proscribed)
informal / dialectal (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person singular masculine he him himself
hisself (archaic)
hissen		 his
hisn (obsolete outside dialects)		 his
feminine she her herself
hersen		 hers
hern (obsolete outside dialects)		 her
neuter it
hit		 it
hit		 itself
hitself		 its
his (archaic)		 its
his (archaic)
hits
genderless they them themself, themselves theirs their
genderless, nonspecific
(formal) 		one one oneself – one's
plural they them
hem, 'em		 themselves
theirsen		 theirs
theirn (obsolete outside dialects)		 their

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hers”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

Icelandic

Noun

hers

  1. indefinite genitive singular of her

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hers

  1. Alternative form of hires (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hers

  1. Alternative form of heres (“theirs”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hers

  1. Alternative form of ars (“anus; buttocks”)

Etymology 4

Verb

hers

  1. Alternative form of hereth: third-person singular present of heren (“to hear”)
  2. Alternative form of heren: plural present of heren (“to hear”)
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