henne

See also: Henne and henné

English

Noun

henne (plural hennes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of hen

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛnə/, [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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *henna, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).

Noun

henne f

  1. hen, chicken

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

  • “henne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “henne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

henne

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

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛnə/ (example of pronunciation)

Adverb

henne

  1. objective case of ho

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛnːɛ/
  • audio(file)

Pronoun

henne

  1. her; object form of hon (=she)
    Jag såg henne igår.
    I saw her yesterday.

Declension

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.