hans

See also: Hans and HANS

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hans, the genitive of hann (“he”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hans/, [hæns]

Pronoun

hans

1. genitive of han (“his”)

   Bogen er hans. ― The book is his.

   Det er hans bog. ― It is his book.

Declension

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

Faroese

Pronoun

hans

1. archaic genitive of hann (“his”)

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar†
		n	tað		tí	tess
plural	1st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Icelandic

Pronoun

hans

1. (personal) genitive of hann; his

   Ég fór í húsið hans.

   I went to his house.

Declension

Icelandic personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	third person
			masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ég, eg, ek†	þú	hann	hún, hon†, hón†	það, þat†
accusative	mig, mik†	þig, þik†	hann	hana	það, þat†
dative	mér	þér	honum, hánum†	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	hans	hennar	þess
plural	first person	second person	third person
			masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	við	þið, þit†	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	okkur	ykkur	þá	þær	þau
dative	okkur	ykkur	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	okkar	ykkar	þeirra	þeirra	þeirra

^† Archaic.

Latvian

Noun

hans m (1st declension)

1. khan

Declension

Declension of hans (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	hans	hani
genitive	hana	hanu
dative	hanam	haniem
accusative	hanu	hanus
instrumental	hanu	haniem
locative	hanā	hanos
vocative	han	hani

Norman

Noun

hans

1. plural of han

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

hans

1. possessive of han; his

References

• “hans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hass (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑns/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hans, genitive of hann (“he”).

Determiner

hans

1. possessive of han; his; belonging to him

   huset hans brann opp

   his house burnt down

   far hans var vaksen opp der

   his father had grown up there

   hans store sorg

   his great sorrow

   sorga er hans

   the sorrow is his

2. of (expressing possession or association)

   kjerringa hans Einar døydde

   the wife of Einar (Einar's wife) died

Usage notes

• As with the han, hans is not used only with masculine persons, but also with masculine nouns. The same cannot be said for the sense expressing possession or association, used more like a preposition.
• When applied after a noun, the noun should always be in its definite form. This is by far the most normal way in which hans is used. Some familial terms are exempt, but not excluded. These are bror, far, and mor, though occasionally also dotter and syster.
• Though not as common, hans may also come preceding a nominal phrase. This is usually done for emphasis or for phrases that might be considered more "fixed". In these cases, the noun should be in its appropriate indefinite form. The phrase itself must still be considered definite though, and as such, adjectives still inflected in their definite forms.

Synonyms

• (expressing possession or association): til (preposition) (used irrespective of gender of possessor)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

		first person	second person	reflexive	third person
					masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	nominative	eg, je1	du	—	han	ho	det, dat2
	accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom2	ho, henne2	det, dat2
	dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di2
	genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
plural	nominative	me, vi	de, dokker	—	dei
	accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg	dei, deim2
	dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg	deim2
	genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin	deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

Etymology 2

Noun

hans m (definite singular hansen, indefinite plural hansar, definite plural hansane)

1. clipping of hansel.

Etymology 3

From the verb hanse.

Noun

hans m (definite singular hansen, uncountable)

1. (historical, nautical, collective) a feast or a set of gifts which a sailor was expected to provide his fellow crewmen upon the return of his first voyage.

References

• “hans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “han” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Hans

Old Norse

Pronoun

hans

1. genitive singular of hann

Portuguese

Noun

hans m

1. plural of han

Swedish

Alternative forms

• hanß (archaic)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

hans

1. (personal pronoun): his

   Boken är hans. ― The book is his.

   Det är hans bok. ― It is his book.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council