# her

Pronunciation: say "HUR" US /ˈhɝ/, UK /ˈhɜː/

## Determiner

1. Belonging to or associated with a female person or animal, something treated as female, or a person of unspecified gender.
   - Simple: Belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal, something treated as female, or any person in general.
   - _My aunt has sold her house._
   - _The ship lost her anchor in the storm._

## Pronoun

2. The object form of she, used after a verb or preposition, and colloquially as a subject joined by and.
   - Simple: The form of 'she' used after a verb or a word like 'to'.
   - _The teacher praised her in front of the class._
   - _Sit next to her at dinner._

## Noun

3. A female person or animal, used mostly when distinguishing by sex. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A female person or animal, used as a noun in casual speech.
   - _Is the puppy a him or a her?_
   - _The vet checked each chick to see whether it was a him or a her._

## Origin

Proto-Germanic *hezōi gave Old English hire ("her"), which appeared in Middle English as here, hir, or hire. West Frisian har, Dutch haar, and German ihr, all meaning "her," are related.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/her (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).