henne

henne (plural hennes)

1. Obsolete spelling of hen.

See hen

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛnə], [ˈhɛnn̩]

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

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".

• derhenne
• herhenne
• hvorhenne

From Old Dutch *henna, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju.

henne f

1. hen, chicken

• hinne (Flemish)

• Dutch: hen
  • Afrikaans: hen
  • Jersey Dutch: hän
• Limburgish: hèn

• “henne”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “henne”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnːə/

henne

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnə/

henne

1. objective case of ho

• “henne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxen.ne/, [ˈhen.ne]

henne

1. inflection of henn:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular

From Old Norse henni, dative of hón (“she”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnːɛ/

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henne (genitive hennes)

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

   Synonym: (dialectal) na

   Jag såg henne igår.

   I saw her yesterday.

• hon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)