hon

hon in a sentence

• jag såg henne
  I saw her
• hon har en vit kjol
  she's wearing a white skirt
• detta är hennes bok
  this is her book
• Hon är mycket vacker.
  She is very beautiful.
• Vad är hon?
  What (time) is it?
• Går hon bra?
  Is it (the car) working all right?

Questions

Where the course teaches it

• Swedish words ending in -ation
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish pronouns: du, ni, de, vi
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• En or ett: Swedish noun gender
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Swedish possessives: min and mitt
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• The definite form of Swedish nouns
  Complete Swedish – Season 1
• Basic Swedish greetings and farewells
  Complete Swedish – Season 1

Origin

From Old Swedish hōn, from Old Norse hón, from Proto-Germanic *hēnō (compare *ainaz).

Nearby common words

hon is number 35 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 31ska will, be going to, (except not formal in tone, but a literal match for meaning) shall, is to; (in the past tense "skulle") were to; was to (Usually not sensible translations, but will provide the right intuition in some tricky cases – see below.)
• 32ett a, an, one
• 33av of, by
• 34veta know
• 36komma come, arrive
• 37vill want
• 38ja yes, well; all right
• 39nu now