# hes
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

hes
* plural of he

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* he's
* his

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hiːz/
* Rhymes: -iːz

#### Determiner

hes
* (nonstandard, uncommon) Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; belonging to him.
    That's hes house over there.

#### Pronoun

hes
* (nonstandard, uncommon) Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; that that belongs to him.
    The idea was hes not mine.

#### Usage notes

Used in some dialects to represent the (often only occasional) pronunciation of his as he's as both a determiner and a pronoun. Although his is almost always used, regardless of pronunciation, hes and he's are sometimes used.

### Etymology 3

From he's via a reduction of the apostrophe.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hiːz/
* Rhymes: -iːz

#### Contraction

hes
* (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of he's

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛz/
* Rhymes: -ɛz

#### Verb

hes
* (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of has, representing dialectal English.
** 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw‎:Jennie! Jennie! come an’ tell me thet the long-lost claim hes come back to Old Jack!

### Etymology 5

A mixture of she and he. Coined by Ching Hai in 1990s.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛs/
* Rhymes: -ɛs

#### Pronoun

hes (third-person singular, gender-neutral, nominative case, oblique hirm, reflexive hirmself, possessive hiers, possessive hiers)
* The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned or implied.

### Anagrams

* (s)he, EH&S, EHS, Esh, HSE, SHE, She, ehs, esh, hse, s/he, she, she-

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɛs/
* Rhymes: -ɛs

### Etymology 1

From either German Hesse (“Hessian”) (possibly via Hessenkiel), or Häsz, Hesz (“clothing, dress”).

#### Noun

hes m (plural hessen, diminutive hesje n)
* a short, protective type of blouse or shirt, typically worn by manual laborers
* a light version of the above, worn as a signal, notably to be noticed by traffic

##### Usage notes

Mostly used in its diminutive form (hesje).

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German hässlich (“hateful”).

#### Adjective

hes (comparative hesser, superlative meest hes or hest)
* (obsolete) Alternative form of hesselijk, heslijk

##### Synonyms

* hatelijk
* aartslelijk, spuuglelijk

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛːs/
* Rhymes: -ɛːs

### Noun

hes n (genitive singular hess, nominative plural hes)
* dewlap

#### Declension
## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

hes
* Alternative form of heste (“directive”)

### Etymology 2
#### Determiner

hes
* Alternative form of his (“his”)

#### Pronoun

hes
* Alternative form of his (“his”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronoun

hes
* Alternative form of his (“her”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* hås (Nynorsk also)

### Etymology

From Old Norse háss.

### Adjective

hes (neuter singular hest, definite singular and plural hese, comparative hesere, indefinite superlative hesest, definite superlative heseste)
* hoarse, husky (voice)

#### Derived terms

* heshet

### References

* “hes” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /heːs/

### Noun

hes f (definite singular hesa, indefinite plural heser, definite plural hesene)
* a type of hayrack made from vertical posts with horizontal wire strung between them, for drying hay.
    Synonym: hesje

#### Inflection

Historical inflection of hes
indefinite singular
definite singular
indefinite plural
definite plural
Aasen$^1$
Hes
Hesi
Hesjar
Hesjarna
1901
hesjarne (hesjane)
1917
hesa, hesi
hesjane
1938
hesa [hesi]
1959
hesjar [heser]
hesjane [hesene]
2012 (current)
hes
hesa
heser
hesene
Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. $^1$Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. :

### Further reading

* “hes” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Spanish
### Noun

hes f pl
* plural of he

## Swedish
### Adjective

hes (comparative hesare, superlative hesast)
* hoarse
    Jag är lite hes idag ― I'm a bit hoarse today
    en hes röst ― a hoarse voice

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### References

* hes in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* hes in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* hes in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)