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English

Etymology

From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz +‎ *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪə̯(ɹ)/, /hɪː(ɹ)/
  • (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈhiː.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hɪɚ̯/, /hɪɹ/, [çiɚ]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /hɪː/
    • (Western Australia, Queensland) IPA(key): /ˈhiː.ə/, /hɪə/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /hiːr/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /hiːɹ/
  • (Wales) IPA(key): /hjɜː/
  • Homophones: hear, hir
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -iːə(ɹ)

Adverb

here (not comparable)

  1. (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
    Synonym: (emphatic) right here
    • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Oh, yes. I am here! — Good. You are there.
    1. (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
    2. (abstract) In this matter.
    3. (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
    4. (abstract) In this context.
  2. (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: ia

Translations

Noun

here (plural heres)

  1. This place; this location.
    1. (figuratively) This point or stage, visualised as a location.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (abstract) This time, the present situation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Adjective

here (not comparable)

  1. Filler after a noun or demonstrative pronoun, solely for emphasis.
  2. Filler after a demonstrative pronoun but before the noun it modifies, solely for emphasis.

Translations

Interjection

here

  1. (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
  2. (Ireland, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.
  3. (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
  4. Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
  5. Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

  • HREE, Rehe, Rhee, heer

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.rə/
  • Rhymes: -eːrə
  • Hyphenation: he‧re

Noun

here m (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

  1. Obsolete form of heer (“lord”).
    De here van Papendrecht eet gaarne deze spijze. ― The lord of Papendrecht gladly eats this meal.
  2. (archaic) inflected form of heer (lord)
    Deze spijze is voor den here van Papendrecht. ― This meal is for the lord of Papendrecht.

Usage notes

  • This form both represents the formerly standard nominative of heer, as an oblique-case form of the same word.
  • The nominative usage is completely obsolete as a common noun meaning "lord" (in a worldly, regular sense), but note Here, which is still in use as a proper noun.

Anagrams

  • heer

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛrɛ]
  • Hyphenation: he‧re
  • Rhymes: -rɛ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *kojera (“male animal”). Cognates include Northern Mansi ха̄р (hār).

Noun

here (plural herék)

  1. (anatomy) testicle, testis (the male sex and endocrine gland)
  2. drone (a male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee)
  3. (derogatory) loafer, drone (someone who doesn't work; a lazy person, an idler)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Shortened from lóhere (“clover”), from ló (“horse”) + here (“testicle”) (based on the shape of the leaves of this plant resembling horses’ sex glands), hence related to the above sense.

Noun

here (plural herék)

  1. (folksy) clover (a plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers)
Declension
Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • (testicle): here in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (drone): here in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (clover): here in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Latin

Etymology 1

From Pre-Latin/Proto-Italic *hezi, from Proto-Indo-European *(dʰ)ǵʰyési, locative form of *(dʰ)ǵʰyés (“yesterday”).

Alternative forms

  • heri

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhe.re/, [ˈhɛrɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.re/, [ˈɛːre]

Adverb

here (not comparable)

  1. yesterday

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈheː.reː/, [ˈheːreː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.re/, [ˈɛːre]

Verb

hērē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of hēreō

References

Further reading

  • “here”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • here in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch hēro, hērro.

Noun

hêre m

  1. lord, high-ranked person
  2. God, the Lord
  3. ruler
  4. leader
  5. gentleman (respectful title for a male)
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

- general:

- persons:

Descendants
  • Dutch: heer
    • Afrikaans: heer
  • Limburgish: hieër

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos.

Noun

hēre n

  1. army, band of troops
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: heer

Further reading

  • “here (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “here (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “here (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “here (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English here, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛːr(ə)/

Noun

here

  2. a military force; a troop, host, or army
  3. a group of people; a team, band, throng, or mass
  4. any group or set of things or creatures
  5. fighting, battle; conflict between armed forces
  6. (rare) participation in the armed forces
Alternative forms
  • her, heir, herre, ere, har, hare, hyre
  • hære, heare, heore, hir, hire (Early Middle English)
Related terms
  • herberwe
Descendants
  • Scots: here, heir, heyr

References

  • “hēre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English heora, hira, genitive of hīe (“they”).

Determiner

here (nominative pronoun he)

  1. Third-person plural genitive determiner: their

Pronoun

here (nominative he)

  1. Third-person plural possessive pronoun: theirs, of them
Alternative forms
  • her, heare, heir, er, ere, herre, hero, hir, hire, ire
  • har, hare, ar, are, ȝare (Kent)
  • hur, hure, hura, huere, hurre (Southern, Southwest Midland)
  • hor, hore, or, ore, hora, heor, heore, heora, heoræ, hoere, har, hare, ar, are, ȝare (West Midland)
  • hor, hore, or, ore, hora, heor, heore, heora, heoræ, hoere (Early Middle English)
Derived terms
  • heres
Related terms
  • he (“they”)
Descendants
  • English: her (obsolete)
  • Yola: aar, 'ar
See also
References
  • “hē̆r(e, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From Old English hēore, hȳre (“pleasant”), from Proto-Germanic *hiurijaz (“familiar; mild”).

Adjective

here

  2. pleasant, gentle
  3. noble, excellent
Alternative forms
  • her, hær, harey
Descendants
  • English: here

References

  • “hẹ̄r(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

From Old English hǣre, hēre and Old French haire, itself from Germanic.

Noun

here (plural heres or heren or here)

  2. haircloth
Alternative forms
  • her, heare, eare, hair, haire, haigre, hare, heir, heire, heiȝre, hayr, hayre, hayer, heyr, heyre
Descendants
  • English: haire
  • Scots: heir

References

  • “hẹ̄r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 5

Noun

here (plural heren)

  1. Alternative form of herre (“lord”)

Etymology 6

Noun

here (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of hire (wages)

Etymology 7

Noun

here (plural heres)

  1. Alternative form of hare (“hare”)

Etymology 8

Determiner

here

  1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)

Pronoun

here

  1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 9

Determiner

here

  1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)

Etymology 10

Adverb

here

  1. Alternative form of her (“here”)

Etymology 11

Noun

here (plural heres)

  1. Alternative form of heir (“heir”)

Etymology 12

Noun

here (plural heres)

  1. Alternative form of yeer (“year”)

Etymology 13

Adjective

here

  1. comparative degree of he (“high”)

Etymology 14

Verb

here

  1. Alternative form of heren (“to hear”)

Etymology 15

Verb

here

  1. Alternative form of hiren (“to hire”)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxe.re/, [ˈhe.re]

Noun

here m (nominative plural herġas)

  1. army, military (especially of the enemy)

Usage notes

  • While here was mainly used for enemy armies, derived compounds such as landhere (“land army”) and sċiphere (“navy”) were still used of either side.

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

Coordinate terms

  • fierd

Derived terms

  • fēþehere
  • heregrīma
  • herehȳþ
  • heretoga
  • landhere
  • rǣdehere
  • sċiphere
  • stælhere

Derived names

Descendants

  • Middle English: here
    • Scots: here, heir, heyr

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

  • heere

Etymology

From Old Frisian hēra, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan. Cognates include West Frisian hearre and German horen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːrə/
  • Hyphenation: he‧re

Verb

here

  1. (transitive) to hear
  2. (intransitive) to obey
  3. (intransitive) to belong to

Conjugation

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “here”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːˌreː/

Noun

here c

  1. (Southern) boy, lad
    • “Växjö vill vara lite storstadlikt”, in Sveriges Radio (in Swedish), 2012 August 14, page Växjö wants to be a bit like a big city.: “Jag tror att Växömålet vill vara lite storstadslikt, det målet har vi inte i Alvesta, säger han och berättar att här kan kille och tjej kallas för here och grebba. ― I think that Växjö dialect wants to be a bit like a big city dialect, we don't have that in Alvesta, he says and explains that here a boy and girl can be called "here" and "grebba."”
    Synonyms: kille, pojke, påg
    Antonym: gräbba (“girl”)

Derived terms

  • småhere (“young boy”)

Yola

Adverb

here

  1. Alternative form of haar

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867

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