hänet — meaning in English

English meaning

• him pron The object form of "he" — used for a male person or animal already mentioned.
• them pron The objective form of "they" — used for people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition.

Senses

hänet is used for these senses in English:

• him With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.]
• them (in the singular, occasionally, proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 21st c.) non-binary.

them — full definition

1. pron The objective form of "they" — used for people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition.
2. pron Used for a single person whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or non-binary.

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