hä

• haa, ha, heen, hoh, häbä, hè

From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

hä

1. (Gressoney, Formazza, Uri) to have

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.

• e (reduced form)
• här (in liaison with a following vowel)
• hän, en (westernmost Moselle Franconian; only before vowels, h, and dental consonants)

From Middle High German her, from Old High German her, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

• IPA^(key): /hɛ/, /hɛː/

hä (personal, stressed)

1. (most dialects) he; nominative of the third-person singular masculine

• im (dative)
• in (accusative)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæ/, [ˈhæ]
• Rhymes: -æ
• Syllabification^(key): hä
• Hyphenation^(key): hä

hä

1. alternative form of häh

• “hä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• äh

• IPA^(key): /hɛː/, /hɛ̃ː/

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hä

1. huh? uh?
   1. Expresses that one has not understood a statement

      Synonyms: (more polite) was; (very polite) wie bitte

   2. Used to belittle the issuer of a statement/question

In a formal setting, or towards a stranger, the use of hä is generally regarded as impolite if not followed by a proper question. In an informal setting, hä can be neutral or negative depending on the tone of voice and context.

• “hä” in Duden online
• “hä” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• äh

• he

Apocopic form of häva.

• IPA^(key): /hæː/

hä (present här, preterite hädde, supine hätt, imperative hä)

1. (dialectal, Norrland) to put

   Vart ville du att jag sku hä den, sa du?

   Where did you say you wanted me to put it?

   Int bryr jag mig, hä ba bort den nånstans.

   I don't care, just put it away somewhere.