what type of pronoun is her

The word “her” can be two different kinds of pronoun, depending on how it’s used in a sentence.

Core answer

• When “her” comes before a noun (her book, her car, her idea), it is a possessive determiner (traditionally called a possessive adjective), showing that something belongs to a female person or animal.

• When “her” is used without a following noun and receives the action (I saw her; They called her), it is an object pronoun (the object form of “she,” also called the objective or accusative case).

So the type of pronoun “her” is:

• Third‑person singular feminine pronoun.

• Specifically:
  • Object pronoun : “I helped her yesterday.”

* **Possessive determiner** : “That is her laptop.”

A quick way to remember it:

• If a noun comes after “her,” it’s acting like my/your/his (possessive determiner).
• If it replaces a full noun phrase and takes the action, it’s an object pronoun.

TL;DR: “Her” is the feminine third‑person pronoun; it can be an object pronoun or a possessive determiner , depending on position and function in the sentence.