Her

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈhɜː(ɹ)/, unstressed IPA: /É™(ɹ)/
• US IPA: /ˈhɝ/, unstressed IPA: /Éš/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Alternative forms

• herÄ—

Full definition of her

Pronoun

1. (attributive) Belonging to her.This is her book

Origin

From Proto-Germanic *hezōi. Cognate with Dutch haar, Middle Low German er(e) and North Frisian hör.

Pronoun

1. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.Give it to her after prepositionHe wrote her a letter indirect objectHe treated her for a cold direct object
• February 1896, Ground-swells, by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; page 183:"Then what became of her?""Her? Which ‘her’? The park is full of ‘hers’.""The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."

Anagrams

• EHR