hes

See also: HES, Hes, hes-, and he's

English

Etymology 1

Noun

hes

1. plural of he

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• he's
• his

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Determiner

hes

1. (nonstandard, uncommon) Alternative form of his when pronounced as he's; belonging to him.

   That's hes house over there.

Pronoun

hes

1. (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^(key): /hiːz/
• Rhymes: -iːz

Contraction

hes

1. (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of he's

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛz/
• Rhymes: -ɛz

Verb

hes

1. (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of has, representing dialectal English.
   • 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw‎^[1]:

     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^(key): /hɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Pronoun

hes (third-person singular, gender-neutral, nominative case, oblique hirm, reflexive hirmself, possessive hiers, possessive hiers)

1. 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^(key): /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)

1. a short, protective type of blouse or shirt, typically worn by manual laborers
2. 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)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of hesselijk, heslijk

Declension

Declension of hes
uninflected	hes
inflected	hesse
comparative	hesser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		hes	hesser	het hest het heste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	hesse	hessere	heste
	n. sing.	hes	hesser	heste
	plural	hesse	hessere	heste
definite		hesse	hessere	heste
partitive		hes	hessers	—

Synonyms

• hatelijk
• aartslelijk, spuuglelijk

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛːs/
• Rhymes: -ɛːs

Noun

hes n (genitive singular hess, nominative plural hes)

1. dewlap

Declension

Declension of hes (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hes	hesið	hes	hesin
accusative	hes	hesið	hes	hesin
dative	hesi	hesinu	hesum	hesunum
genitive	hess	hessins	hesa	hesanna

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

hes

1. Alternative form of heste (“directive”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

hes

1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Pronoun

hes

1. Alternative form of his (“his”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hes

1. 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)

1. hoarse, husky (voice)

Derived terms

• heshet

References

• “hes” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heːs/

Noun

hes f (definite singular hesa, indefinite plural heser, definite plural hesene)

1. 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 Aasen1 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. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Further reading

• “hes” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

hes f pl

1. plural of he

Swedish

Adjective

hes (comparative hesare, superlative hesast)

1. hoarse

   Jag är lite hes idag ― I'm a bit hoarse today

   en hes röst ― a hoarse voice

Declension

Inflection of hes

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	hes	hesare	hesast
neuter singular	hest	hesare	hesast
plural	hesa	hesare	hesast
masculine plural2	hese	hesare	hesast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	hese	hesare	hesaste
all	hesa	hesare	hesaste

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)