hä

• haa, ha, heen, hoh, häbä, hè

From Old High German hāben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną. Compare German haben, Dutch hebben, West Frisian hawwe, English have, Icelandic hafa.

hä

1. (Gressoney, Formazza, Uri) to have

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.

• e (reduced form)
• här (in liaison with a following vowel)
• hän, en (westernmost Moselle Franconian; only before vowels, h, and dental consonants)

From Middle High German her, from Old High German her, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.

• IPA^(key): /hɛ/, /hɛː/

hä (personal, stressed)

1. (most dialects) he; nominative of the third-person singular masculine

• im (dative)
• in (accusative)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæ/, [ˈhæ]
• Rhymes: -æ
• Syllabification^(key): hä

hä

1. Alternative form of häh

• “hä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• äh

• IPA^(key): /hɛː/, /hɛ̃ː/

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hä

1. huh? uh?
   1. Expresses that one has not understood a statement

      Synonyms: (more polite) was; (very polite) wie bitte

   2. Used to belittle the issuer of a statement/question

In a formal setting, or towards a stranger, the use of hä is generally regarded as impolite if not followed by a proper question. In an informal setting, hä can be neutral or negative depending on the tone of voice and context.

• “hä” in Duden online
• “hä” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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