hen.
them; third-person plural objective personal pronoun
Meaning & usage
them; third-person plural objective personal pronoun
Where this word comes from
From Old Dutch hin, from Proto-Germanic *himaz.
hen, female chicken; female of a related species
a female of the species of birds brooding on the ground
'bird', colloquial term for a human female
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch henne, from Old Dutch *henna, from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”).
A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun. they (singular) subject pronoun
A gender-neutral singular third-person personal pronoun. them (singular) object pronoun
Where this word comes from
Chosen in an online poll by Transgender Netwerk Nederland in 2016. The alternative die arose from the same poll.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.