Swedish pronoun· top 500 most common

hen

A third-person singular pronoun of unspecified gender; they, thon; alternative to hon (“she”) and han (“he”)./hɛn/

Meaning

A third-person singular pronoun of unspecified gender; they, thon; alternative to hon (“she”) and han (“he”).

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hen means “A third-person singular pronoun of unspecified gender; they, thon; alternative to hon (“she”) and han (“he”).”.

Origin

Created as an alternative to hon (“she”) and han (“he”).

Nearby common words

hen is number 457 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

453kände sensed
454vilka which ones, which, who, whom, what a; plural form of vilken
455skjuta shoot, fire
456räcka be enough, last
458vacker beautiful
459bryr care
460mat food
461ännu yet, still

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary