heren

See also: herén and ĥéren

Basque

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Cardinal: hiru     Ordinal: hirugarren     Multiplier: hirukoitz     Distributive: hiruna     Collective: hirukote     Fractional: heren

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /eɾen/, [e̞.ɾẽ̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /heɾen/, [ɦe̞.ɾẽ̞n]

Noun

heren inan or anim

1. (fractional number) third

Declension

Declension of heren (animate and inanimate, ending in consonant)

		indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive		heren	herena	herenak
ergative		herenek	herenak	herenek
dative		hereni	herenari	herenei
genitive		herenen	herenaren	herenen
comitative		herenekin	herenarekin	herenekin
causative		herenengatik	herenarengatik	herenengatik
benefactive		herenentzat	herenarentzat	herenentzat
instrumental		herenez	herenaz	herenez
inessive	anim.	herenengan	herenarengan	herenengan
	inanim.	herenetan	herenean	herenetan
locative	anim.	—	—	—
	inanim.	herenetako	hereneko	herenetako
allative	anim.	herenengana	herenarengana	herenengana
	inanim.	herenetara	herenera	herenetara
terminative	anim.	herenenganaino	herenarenganaino	herenenganaino
	inanim.	herenetaraino	hereneraino	herenetaraino
directive	anim.	herenenganantz	herenarenganantz	herenenganantz
	inanim.	herenetarantz	herenerantz	herenetarantz
destinative	anim.	herenenganako	herenarenganako	herenenganako
	inanim.	herenetarako	herenerako	herenetarako
ablative	anim.	herenengandik	herenarengandik	herenengandik
	inanim.	herenetatik	herenetik	herenetatik
partitive		herenik	—	—
prolative		herentzat	—	—

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrɛn]

Noun

heren f

1. genitive plural of herna

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːrən

Noun

heren

1. plural of heer
2. (archaic) genitive singular of heer

   In het jaar des heren — In the year of the Lord

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hēran, hīeran, hȳran (“to hear”).

Alternative forms

• (infinitive): her, here, heiren, eren, heræn, heri, ȝere, hearen, hæren, har, heoren, hiren, hieren, huren, huiren
• (second-person singular simple present): hẹ̄rest, hẹ̄res, hūrest, herst, harste, hierst
• (third-person singular simple present): hẹ̄reth, hẹ̄res, hīreth, hiereth, hūreth, huireth, hers, hirs, hierth
• (plural simple present): hẹ̄ren, hẹ̄reth, hers, hæreth, heoreth, hīreth, hiereth, hūreth
• (singular simple past): hē̮rd, hē̮rde, hẹ̮̄red, hẹ̮̄rede, hærde, hā̮rd, hā̮rde, heorde, heorda, hī̮rde, hū̮rde, huirde
• (past participle): hē̮rd, hē̮rde, hẹ̮̄red, ẹ̮̄rde, hā̮rd, hā̮rde, hā̮rden, heord, heorde, hū̮rde

Verb

hẹ̄ren

1. to hear
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     [A]nd so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.

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Descendants

• English: hear
• Scots: her, hear
• Yola: hert (preterite)

References

• “hẹ̄ren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From here, with influence from min and þin. Compare þeiren.

Alternative forms

• hern, herne, hiren, heoren, heoran, huren

Pronoun

heren (nominative he)

1. Third-person plural possessive pronoun: theirs, of them

Synonyms

• heres

See also

Middle English personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st-person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi1	min
	2nd-person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd-person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st-person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd-person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st-person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd-person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd-person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

¹Used preconsonantally or before h.
²Early or dialectal.
³Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
⁴Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “heren, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 June 2018.

Etymology 3

From Old English hǣran; equivalent to here +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

heren

1. plural of here (“haircloth”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heren m

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of her