ihn

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English

Phrase

ihn

  1. (Internet, text messaging) Initialism of I hope not.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iːn
  • (colloquially in unstressed position) IPA(key): /ən/

Pronoun

ihn

  1. (personal) accusative of er; him, it (masculine, direct object).
    Ich suche Matthias. Hast du ihn gesehen? (
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    )
    I'm looking for Matthias. Have you seen him?
    Ich suche den Dosenöffner. Hast du ihn gesehen? (
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    )
    I'm looking for the can opener. Have you seen it?
  2. (personal) (obsolete) dative of sie; them (indirect object).
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

See also

Further reading

  • “ihn” in Duden online
  • “ihn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *inǭ.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ihn

  1. stressed accusative of er: him (direct object).
    Ich hon das kaafd fer ihn.
    I have bought it for him.

Inflection

Hunsrik personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
Proclitic Enclitic str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ich

eich

-ich mich

meich

meer mer

m'r

2nd person singular
(informal) 		du

dau/Dau

-du, -de

-Dau, -De

dich

deich/Deich

deer der

d'r/D'r

3rd person singular (m.) er; där -er ihn en ihm em
3rd person singular (f.) sie; die -se sie / ihns se eer

ehr

re
3rd person singular (n.) es; das

et, 't

's es

et

-et, -'t

ihm em
1st person plural meer mer uns

uhs

2nd person plural deer

Ehr, Dehr

der eich

Auch

3rd person plural sie; die -se sie se denne

Further reading

Juǀ'hoan

Pronunciation

Letter

ihn (upper case Ihn)

  1. A letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German ihn.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ihn

  1. accusative of er: him

Declension

Pennsylvania German personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person 2nd person
familiar 		2nd person
polite/formal 		3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f n
nominative ich du
de1 		dihr
der1
Sie 		er sie
se1 		es mir
mer1 		dihr
der1 		sie
dative mir
mer1 		dir
der1 		eich
Ihne
Ne1 		ihm
em1 		ihre
re1 		ihm
em1 		uns eich ihne
ne1
accusative mich dich eich
Sie 		ihn
en1 		sie
se1 		es sie

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