# hers
## English
### Alternative forms

* her's (now nonstandard)

### Etymology

From Middle English hires, heres, hers, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to her +‎ -s (compare -'s).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈhɜːz/, unstressed IPA: /əz/
* (US) IPA: /ˈhɝz/, unstressed IPA: /ɚz/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)z

### Pronoun

hers (plural hers)
* That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.]
    That handbag is hers. These gloves are also hers.
    Mine is the blue one, and hers is the red one.
    This is a favourite song of hers. (double possessive)
** 1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 335:The life of La Motte, who had more than saved her's […], depended on the testimony she should give.
** 2019 August 31, Gaby Hinsliff, The Guardian:The rest of us, meanwhile, would do well to accept that one woman’s choice is just that; hers and hers alone, not the standard by which all must be judged.
* (informal) Her house or home.
    Let's go over to hers.

#### Derived terms

* of hers

#### Translations
### Noun

hers
* plural of her

### See also

| | | | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| | | | subjective | objective | reflexive | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| first person | singular | singular | I me (colloquial) | me | myself me mysen | mine | my mine (before vowels, archaic) me |
| first person | plural | plural | we | us | ourselves ourself oursen | ours | our |
| second person | singular | standard, formal | you | you | yourself yoursen | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
| second person | singular | archaic, informal | thou | thee | thyself theeself thysen | thine | thy thine (before vowels) |
| second person | plural | standard | you ye (archaic) | you | yourselves | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
| second person | plural | colloquial | you all y'all you guys | you all y'all you guys | y'allselves | y'all's you guys' your guys' (proscribed) | y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' (proscribed) |
| second person | plural | informal / dialectal | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) |
| third person | singular | masculine | he | him | himself hisself (archaic) hissen | his hisn (obsolete outside dialects) | his |
| third person | singular | feminine | she | her | herself hersen | hers hern (obsolete outside dialects) | her |
| third person | singular | neuter | it hit | it hit | itself hitself | its his (archaic) | its his (archaic) hits |
| third person | singular | genderless | they | them | themself, themselves | theirs | their |
| third person | singular | genderless, nonspecific (formal) | one | one | oneself | – | one's |
| third person | plural | plural | they | them hem, 'em | themselves theirsen | theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects) | their |

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “hers”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* rehs, EHRs, resh, HSer, RSHE, Resh, H.Res., ersh, H. Res., RSeH, Sher

## Icelandic
### Noun

hers
* indefinite genitive singular of her

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Pronoun

hers
* Alternative form of hires (“hers”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

hers
* Alternative form of heres (“theirs”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

hers
* Alternative form of ars (“anus; buttocks”)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

hers
* Alternative form of hereth: third-person singular present of heren (“to hear”)
* Alternative form of heren: plural present of heren (“to hear”)