'er
'er is the pronunciation spelling of her.
Meaning of her
Pronoun
her
- The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
- Give it to her (after preposition)
Origin of 'er
A representation of the pronunciation of her by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]).
Words formed from 'er
Phrases with 'er
- 'er indoors
- get 'er done
- got 'er done
- gets 'er done
- gotten 'er done
- getting 'er done
- I hardly know 'er
- the arse is out of 'er
- the arse has gone out of 'er
- the arse is clean out of 'er
- the arse is right out of 'er
- da arse is gone right out of 'er
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Questions about 'er
- What is 'er the pronunciation spelling of?
- 'er is the pronunciation spelling of her.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'er (page history and authors); her (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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