# hä
## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* haa, ha, heen, hoh, häbä, hè

### Etymology

From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

### Verb

hä
* (Gressoney, Formazza, Uri) to have

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | hä | hä | hä | hä | hä | hä |
| past participle | past participle | ghä | ghä | ghä | ghä | ghä | ghä |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person ich, i | 2nd person du | 3rd person er/si/es | 1st person mir | 2nd person ir | 3rd person si |
| indicative | present | hä | hesch | het | hä | heint | hä |
| subjunctive | present | heig, heigi | heigesch | heig, heigi | heige | heiget | heige |
| subjunctive | past | hät, hätti | hättesch | hät, hätti | hätte | hättet | hätte |
| imperative | affirmative | — | häb | — | — | heint | — |

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
* Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* e (reduced form)
* här (in liaison with a following vowel)
* hän, en (westernmost Moselle Franconian; only before vowels, h, and dental consonants)

### Etymology

From Middle High German her, from Old High German her, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛ/, /hɛː/

### Pronoun

hä (personal, stressed)
* (most dialects) he; nominative of the third-person singular masculine

#### Related terms

* im (dative)
* in (accusative)

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhæ/, [ˈhæ]
* Rhymes: -æ
* Hyphenation: hä

### Interjection

hä
* Alternative form of häh

### Further reading

* “hä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* äh

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛː/, /hɛ̃ː/
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

hä
* huh? uh?
** Expresses that one has not understood a statement
    Synonyms: (more polite) was; (very polite) wie bitte
** Used to belittle the issuer of a statement/question

#### Usage notes

In a formal setting, or towards a stranger, the use of hä is generally regarded as impolite if not followed by a proper question. In an informal setting, hä can be neutral or negative depending on the tone of voice and context.

### Further reading

* “hä” in Duden online
* “hä” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

### Anagrams

* äh

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* he

### Etymology

Apocopic form of häva

### Pronunciation

IPA: /hæː/

### Verb

hä (present här, preterite hädde, supine hätt, imperative hä)
* (dialectal, Norrland) to put
    Vart ville du att jag sku hä den, sa du?Where did you say you wanted me to put it?
    Int bryr jag mig, hä ba bort den nånstans.I don't care, just put it away somewhere.