hans

See also: Hans and HANS

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hans, the genitive of hann (“he”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hans/, [hæns]

Pronoun

hans

genitive of han (“his”)
Bogen er hans. ― The book is his.

Det er hans bog. ― It is his book.

Declension

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
	Second	formal (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
	First	archaic / formal	vi	os	vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
	Third	reflexive	–	sig	deres

Faroese

Pronoun

hans

archaic genitive of hann (“his”)

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns
			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1^st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2^nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3^rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans^†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar^†
		n	tað		tí	tess

plural	1^st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2^nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3^rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim^†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Icelandic

Pronoun

hans

(personal) genitive of hann; his
Ég fór í húsið hans.
I went to his house.

Declension

Icelandic personal pronouns
singular	first person	second person	third person
singular	first person	second person	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ég, eg, ek^†	þú	hann	hún, hon^†, hón^†	það, þat^†
accusative	mig, mik^†	þig, þik^†	hann	hana	það, þat^†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum^†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess

plural	first person	second person	third person
plural	first person	second person	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit^†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

^† Archaic. See also honorific pronouns.

Latvian

Noun

hans m (1st declension)

khan

Declension

Declension of *hans* (1st declension)
	singular	plural
nominative	hans	hani
genitive	hana	hanu
dative	hanam	haniem
accusative	hanu	hanus
instrumental	hanu	haniem
locative	hanā	hanos
vocative	han	hani

Norman

Noun

hans

plural of han

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hans

possessive of han; his

References

“hans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

hass (dialectal)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɑns/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hans, genitive of hann (“he”).

Determiner

hans

possessive of han; his; belonging to him
huset hans brann opp
his house burnt down

far hans var vaksen opp der
his father had grown up there

hans store sorg
his great sorrow

sorga er hans
the sorrow is his
of (expressing possession or association)
kjerringa hans Einar døydde
the wife of Einar (Einar's wife) died

Usage notes

As with the han, hans is not used only with masculine persons, but also with masculine nouns. The same cannot be said for the sense expressing possession or association, used more like a preposition.
When applied after a noun, the noun should always be in its definite form. This is by far the most normal way in which hans is used. Some familial terms are exempt, but not excluded. These are bror, far, and mor, though occasionally also dotter and syster.
Though not as common, hans may also come preceding a nominal phrase. This is usually done for emphasis or for phrases that might be considered more "fixed". In these cases, the noun should be in its appropriate indefinite form. The phrase itself must still be considered definite though, and as such, adjectives still inflected in their definite forms.

Synonyms

(expressing possession or association): til (preposition) (used irrespective of gender of possessor)

Etymology 2

Noun

hans m (definite singular hansen, indefinite plural hansar, definite plural hansane)

clipping of hansel

Etymology 3

From the verb hanse.

Noun

hans m (definite singular hansen, uncountable)

(historical, nautical, collective) a feast or a set of gifts which a sailor was expected to provide his fellow crewmen upon the return of his first voyage.

References

“hans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
“han” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

Hans

Old Norse

Pronoun

hans

genitive singular of hann

Portuguese

Noun

hans m

plural of han

Swedish

Alternative forms

hanß (archaic)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hans/
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Pronoun

hans

(personal pronoun): his
Boken är hans
The book is his

Det är hans bok
It is his book

Hans mamma heter Berit
His mother's name is Berit
(literally, “His mother is-named Berit”)

Bilen hans är trasig
His car is broken [dialectal word order, but common enough to not sound ungrammatical to any native speakers]
(literally, “The car his is broken”)

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns
Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
Number	Person		nominative	oblique	common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej³	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej³	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han², en⁵	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na⁵	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)¹	hen	hen, henom⁷	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en⁴	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej³	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran²	vårt, vårat²	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran², ers⁶	ert, erat²	era
	second	archaic	I	eder	eder, eders⁶	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom³	dem, dom³	deras
	third	reflexive	—	sig, sej³	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Derived terms

hans kungliga höghet (“His Royal Highness”)
hans majestät (“His Majesty”)

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns
		first person	second person	reflexive	third person
		first person	second person	reflexive	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	nominative	eg, je¹	du	—	han	ho	det, dat²
	accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom²	ho, henne²	det, dat²
	dative²	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di²
	genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes¹	dess³
plural	nominative	me, vi	de, dokker	—	dei
	accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg	dei, deim²
	dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg	deim²
	genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin	deira, deires¹