hörens

North Frisian

Etymology

From hör (“their”) +‎ -ens (genitival suffix).

Probably formed after üsens and jamens, which are derived from object pronouns (meaning that the genitive makes more sense than in a derivation from what is already a possessive). Additionally or alternatively all of these forms may also have been influenced by Danish vores, jeres, deres.

Determiner

hörens (invariable) (Föhr-Amrum, dated)

1. collective form of hör (“their”), used optionally when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation

   hörens president ― their president

Pronoun

hörens (invariable) (Föhr-Amrum, dated)

1. collective form of hör, hören (“theirs”) as above

See also

Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

			personal					possessive
			subject case		object case			masculine referent	feminine / neuter referent	plural referent
			full	reduced	full	reduced				attributive	independent
singular	1st		ik	'k	mi			man	min		minen
	2nd		dü	–	di			dan	din		dinen
	3rd	m	hi	'r	ham	'n		san	sin		sinen
		f or n	hat	at, 't		at, 't
plural	1st		wi	'f	üs			üüs			üüsen
								üsens
	2nd		jam	'm	jam			jau			jauen
								jamens
	3rd		jo	's	jo	's		hör			hören
								hörens

• The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts.
• At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
• Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
• Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents.
• The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.