Her vs. Herr — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Her and Herr
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Her
Used as a modifier before a noun
Her boots.
Her accomplishments.
Herr
Used as a courtesy title in a German-speaking area, prefixed to the surname or professional title of a man.
Her
A female
The dog is a her. See Usage Notes at be, I1.
Herr
A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister.
Her
Belonging to her (belonging to that female, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
This is her book
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Herr
A German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English
Her
Belonging to a person of unspecified gender to counterbalance the traditional "his" in this sense.
Her
The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (deprecated) with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc.
Give it to her
He wrote her a letter
He treated her for a cold
Him and her went for a walk
Her
(informal) A female person or animal.
I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
Her
The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.
Her
Of them; their.
On here bare knees adown they fall.
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