Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Quotations
    • 1.3.2 Translations
  • 1.4 Adverb
    • 1.4.1 Derived terms
    • 1.4.2 Translations
  • 1.5 Adjective
  • 1.6 Interjection
  • 1.7 See also
• 2 Breton
  • 2.1 Noun
• 3 Dutch
  • 3.1 Noun
• 4 Hungarian
  • 4.1 Pronunciation
  • 4.2 Noun
    • 4.2.1 Declension
    • 4.2.2 Derived terms
• 5 Latin
• 6 Old English
  • 6.1 Etymology
  • 6.2 Pronunciation
  • 6.3 Noun
    • 6.3.1 Derived terms
    • 6.3.2 Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English here < Old English hēr (“‘in this place’”) < Proto-Germanic *khi- < Proto-Indo-European *ki- (“‘this’”) + adverbial suffix *-r. Cognate with the English pronoun he.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hɪə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /hI@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /hɪɹ/, SAMPA: /hIr/
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• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
• Homophones: hear

Noun

here (uncountable)

1. (abstract) This place; this location.

   An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.

2. (abstract) This time, the present situation.

   Here in history, we are less diligent about quashing monopolies.

Quotations

• 1922, Francis Herbert Bradley, The Principles of Logic‎, page 52:

  For time and extension seem continuous elements; the here is one space with the other heres round it

• 2001, Kauhiko Yatabe, edited by Harumi Befu, Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, “Objects, city and wandering: the invisibility of the Japanese in France”, in Globalizing Japan: Ethnography of the Japanese Presence in Asia, Europe, and America‎, page 28:

  More than ever, the here is porous.

• 2004, Denis Wood, Five Billion Years of Global Change: A History of the Land‎, page 20:

  We can't see it because it is an aspect of our seeing, it is a function of our gaze: the field of the here is established in — and by — our presence.

Adverb

here (not comparable)

1. In, on, or at this place.
2. Here I am!
3. To this place.

   Please come here.

Derived terms

• hereabout
• hereafter
• hereaway
• hereby
• herein
• hereninabove
• hereinafter
• hereinbefore
• hereinbelow
• hereof
• hereon
• hereto
• heretofore
• hereunder
• hereunto
• hereupon
• herewith

Translations

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Adjective

here (comparative more here, superlative most here)

1. filler after a noun or demonstrative pronoun, solely for emphasis

   John here is a rascal.

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

   This here orange is too sour.

Interjection

here

1. (British, slang) used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.

   Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.

See also

• hence
• here-
• hereabouts
• hither
• there

Breton

Noun

here

1. The month October

Dutch

Noun

here m.

1. (archaic) (usually capitalized, with definite article: Here) inflected form of heer; lord.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'hɛrɛ/
• Hyphenation: he‧re

Noun

here (plural herék)

1. A testicle
2. A drone

Declension

Derived terms

• herél
• herélt
• lóhere

Latin

Latin stem meaning stick

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *harjo-z, from Proto-Indo-European *korio-. Cognate with Old Saxon heri (Dutch heer), Old High German heri (German Heer), Old Norse herr (Swedish här, Danish hær), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis); the Indo-European root also gave Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koiranos), Middle Irish cuire, Baltic *kara- (Lithuanian kãras).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhere/

Noun

here m.

1. An army (especially of the enemy)

   Sio fierd ðone here gefliemde. The English force put the [Danish] army to flight. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle)

Derived terms

• heregrīma

Declension

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• Lad

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