henne

See also: Henne and henné

English

Noun

henne (plural hennes)

1. Obsolete spelling of hen.

Danish

Etymology

See hen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛnə], [ˈhɛnn̩]

Adverb

henne

1. indicates location

   hvorhenne? – where?

   derhenne – over there

   henne ved bordet – over at the table

2. a point in time

   tre måneder henne – three months gone, three months pregnant

Usage notes

Contrast with hen; where henne indicates location, hen indicates movement. Thus hvor løber han henne means "in what place is he running", whereas hvor løber han hen means "whereto is he running".

Derived terms

• derhenne
• herhenne
• hvorhenne

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *henna, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju.

Noun

henne f

1. hen, chicken

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• hinne (Flemish)

Descendants

• Dutch: hen
  • Afrikaans: hen
  • Jersey Dutch: hän
• Limburgish: hèn

Further reading

• “henne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “henne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnːə/

Pronoun

henne

1. her; object form of hun (=she)

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnə/

Pronoun

henne

1. objective case of ho

References

• “henne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxen.ne/, [ˈhen.ne]

Noun

henne

1. inflection of henn:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse henni, dative of hón (“she”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnːɛ/

• Audio:

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Pronoun

henne

1. her; object form of hon (=she)

   Synonym: (dialectal) na

   Jag såg henne igår.

   I saw her yesterday.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

References

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