her

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US /ˈhɝ/ UK /ˈhɜː/ See IPA manual

Freq #55

Meanings

1

pron
The form of 'she' used as the object of a verb or preposition.

I gave the book to her yesterday.
2

det
Belonging to a female person or animal already mentioned.

This is her book, not mine.

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Related forms heherselfhersenhershernhimhimselfhisselfhissenhishishisnimeithititselfhitselfitshisitshishits

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butter wouldn't melt in his mouth
Matching variant: Butter won't melt in her mouth

he looks perfectly innocent or gentle despite behaving quite differently

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Betty Botter
Betty Botter bought some butter. “But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter; If I put it in my batter, It will make my batter bitter; But a bit of better butter Will but make my batter better.” So she bought a bit of butter Better than the bitter butter, And made her bitter batter better. So it was better Betty Botter Bought a bit of better butter.

Compare the vowels in bit, better, batter and butter while keeping /b/ steady. Use your normal accent for the middle consonant of Betty, ...

Etymology

From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative and genitive singular of *hijō). Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).

here Middle English hire Old English *hezōi Proto-Germanic

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# her

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** pron, det
**IPA (US):** /ˈhɝ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhɜː/
**Frequency rank:** 55

## Meanings
1. The form of 'she' used as the object of a verb or preposition.
2. Belonging to a female person or animal already mentioned.

## Examples
- I gave the book to her yesterday.
- This is her book, not mine.

## Related Forms
- he
- herselfhersen
- hershern
- him
- himselfhisselfhissen
- his
- hishisn
- ime
- ithit
- itselfhitself
- itshis
- itshishits

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: here
- Root: hire
- Root: *hezōi

## Etymology
From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative and genitive singular of *hijō). Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).

## AI Etymology
Her comes from Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative and genitive singular of *hijō). Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”). In current use, the main senses are “The form of 'she' used as the object of a verb or preposition” and “Belonging to a female person or animal already mentioned”.

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- Grammar & Function Words

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