him
A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical objectA masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.: With dative effect or as an indirect object.
» You must pay attention to him.
Du musst ihm Aufmerksamkeit schenken.
Ты должен обращать на него внимание.
Ти повинен звертати на нього увагу.
Ти маєш уважно за ним дивитися.
Meaning
8 sensesA masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
(objective, personal, pronoun)With dative effect or as an indirect object.
ihm
ему́jemú
йому́jomú
(objective, personal, pronoun)Following a preposition.
(objective, personal, pronoun)With accusative effect or as a direct object.
ihn
его́jevó
його́johó
(colloquial, objective, personal, pronoun, uncommon)As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
Now him and Bernie are best friends.
He released a [statement] warning that him and 25,000 troops were going to stage a coup.
(objective, personal, pronoun)Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
Who was there? —Him.
Who did this? —Him. He did it. (or:) It was him. He did it.)
(objective, personal, pronoun)With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.
(objective, personal, pronoun, slang)A person of elevated skill at a sport, game, or other activity.
Stop trying that, you're not him bro.
Bro thinks he's him.
(archaic, objective, personal, pronoun)Used reflexively: (to) himself.
Examples
44923 sentencesYou must pay attention to him.
Ти повинен звертати на нього увагу.
ruТы должен обращать на него внимание.
deDu musst ihm Aufmerksamkeit schenken.
You should tell him the truth.
Ти повинен розповісти йому правду.
ruТы должен был сказать ему правду.
deIhr solltet ihm die Wahrheit sagen.
Have you ever seen him swimming?
Ти колись бачила, як він плаває?
ruТы когда-нибудь видела, как он плавает?
deHast du ihn schon schwimmen sehen?
We appointed him as our representative.
Ми призначили його нашим представником.
ruМы назначили его нашим представителем.
deWir ernannten ihn zu unserem Vertreter.
We all suspect him of murder.
Ми всі підозрюємо його у вбивстві.
ruМы все подозреваем его в убийстве.
deWir alle verdächtigen ihn des Mordes.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic *himmai (“to this, to tFrom Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic *himmai (“to this, to this one”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian him (“him”), West Frisian him (“him”), Sylt North Frisian ham, höm (“him”), Dutch hem (“him”), German Low German hum, hüm, em (“him”), German ihm (“him”, dative).
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