hes

hes

1. plural of he

• he's
• his

• IPA^(key): /hiːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

hes

1. (nonstandard, uncommon) Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; belonging to him.

   That's hes house over there.

hes

1. (nonstandard, uncommon) Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; that that belongs to him.

   The idea was hes not mine.

Used in some dialects to represent the (often only occasional) pronunciation of his as he's as both a determiner and a pronoun. Although his is almost always used, regardless of pronunciation, hes and he's are sometimes used.

From he's via a reduction of the apostrophe.

• IPA^(key): /hiːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

hes

1. (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of he's

• IPA^(key): /hɛz/
• Rhymes: -ɛz

hes

1. (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of has, representing dialectal English.
   • 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw‎:

     Jennie! Jennie! come an’ tell me thet the long-lost claim hes come back to Old Jack!

A mixture of she and he. Coined by Ching Hai in 1990s.

• IPA^(key): /hɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

hes (third-person singular, gender-neutral, nominative case, oblique hirm, reflexive hirmself, possessive hiers, possessive hiers)

1. The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied.

• (s)he, EH&S, EHS, Esh, HSE, SHE, She, ehs, esh, hse, s/he, she, she-

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

From either German Hesse (“Hessian”) (possibly via Hessenkiel), or Häsz, Hesz (“clothing, dress”).

hes m (plural hessen, diminutive hesje n)

1. a short, protective type of blouse or shirt, typically worn by manual laborers
2. a light version of the above, worn as a signal, notably to be noticed by traffic

Mostly used in its diminutive form (hesje).

Borrowed from German hässlich (“hateful”).

hes (comparative hesser, superlative meest hes or hest)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of hesselijk, heslijk

• hatelijk
• aartslelijk, spuuglelijk

• IPA^(key): /hɛːs/
• Rhymes: -ɛːs

hes n (genitive singular hess, nominative plural hes)

1. dewlap

hes

1. Alternative form of heste (“directive”)

hes

1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

hes

1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

hes

1. Alternative form of his (“her”)

• hås (Nynorsk also)

From Old Norse háss.

hes (neuter singular hest, definite singular and plural hese, comparative hesere, indefinite superlative hesest, definite superlative heseste)

1. hoarse, husky (voice)

• heshet

• “hes” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /heːs/

hes f (definite singular hesa, indefinite plural heser, definite plural hesene)

1. a type of hayrack made from vertical posts with horizontal wire strung between them, for drying hay.

   Synonym: hesje

• “hes” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

hes f pl

1. plural of he

hes (comparative hesare, superlative hesast)

1. hoarse

   Jag är lite hes idag ― I'm a bit hoarse today

   en hes röst ― a hoarse voice

• hes in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hes in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hes in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)