Definition of HER

her

Meanings

Plural: hers

Det

  • Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
  • Belonging to a person of unspecified gender (to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense).

Pron

  • The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.

Noun

  • A female person or animal.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative and genitive singular of *hijō).
Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).

Synonyms

she

Scrabble Score: 6

her is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
her is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
her is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

her is a valid Words With Friends word