# here
## 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.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /hɪə̯/, /hɪː/
** Audio (UK, female voice):(file)
** Audio (UK, male voice):(file)
* (Standard Southern British) IPA: /ˈhiː.ə/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /hɪɚ̯/, /hɪɹ/, [çiɚ]
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /hɪː/
** (Western Australia, Queensland) IPA: /ˈhiː.ə/, /hɪə/
* (Scotland) IPA: /hiːr/
* (Canada) IPA: /hiːɹ/
* (Wales) IPA: /hjɜː/
* (New Zealand) IPA: /hiə/
* (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA: /hɛː/
* Homophones: hear, hir; hair, hare (both cheer–chair merger)
* Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

### Adverb

here (not comparable)
* (location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
    Synonym: (emphatic) right here
    You wait here while I fetch my coat.
    Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.
    It says here that he died in 1970.
    The air here is foul.
    The view up here is better than the view down there!
    Here is the report that you asked for. (inverted use)
    Here I stand.
    Kilroy was here.
** 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto VII:Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,
** 2008, Omar Khadr, Affidavit of Omar Ahmed Khadr:The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here to help you. I’m not here to do anything for you. I’m just here to get information.”
** 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
    Oh, yes. I am here! — Good. You are there.
       Audio (US):(file)
** (abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
    I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.
    Here endeth the lesson.
*** 1796, George Washington, Washington's Farewell Address:Here, perhaps I ought to stop.
*** 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:“And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
** (abstract) In this matter.
    You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.
** (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
    Flu season is here.
    Christmas will soon be here.
** (abstract) In this context.
    Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.
*** 1872 May, Edward Burnett Tylor, “Quetelet on the Science of Man”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 1:The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here, may be briefly defined:
*** 1904 January 15, William James, “The Chicago School”, in Psychological Bulletin, 1.1, pages 1-5:The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here.
** (informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
    Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.
** (informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
    This here orange is too sour.
    Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em.
* (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
    Please come here.
** 1891, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper:He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.

#### Derived terms

* abandon hope all ye who enter here
* all hope abandon ye who enter here
* be here for
* come-here
* come here to me
* does anyone here speak English
* do you come here often
* fancy seeing you here
* for here
* from here on in
* from here on out
* from here to Sunday
* get out of here
* get outta here
* have had it up to here
* have here
* hereabout
* hereafter
* here and now
* here and there
* hereaway
* here be dragons
* here below
* hereby
* here document
* here for it
* here goes
* here goes nothing
* herein
* hereinabove
* hereinafter
* hereinbefore
* hereinbelow
* here lies
* hereness
* hereof
* hereon
* here-text
* here, there and everywhere
* hereto
* heretofore
* here to stay
* hereunder
* hereunto
* hereupon
* here we are
* here we go
* here we go again
* herewith
* here you are
* here you go
* I just work here
* I'm here all week
* in the here and now
* I only work here
* is anyone here a doctor
* is anyone sitting here
* is it safe here
* Kilroy was here
* look here
* my eyes are up here
* neither here nor there
* not here for a haircut
* not here to fuck spiders
* not invented here
* over here
* same here
* see here
* the buck stops here
* this here
* true as I'm standing here
* true as I stand here
* up here
* up to here
* you must be new here
* your money is no good here

#### Descendants

* Sranan Tongo: ia

#### Translations
### Noun

here (usually uncountable, plural heres)
* This place; this location.
    Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.
    An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
** 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, “Objects, city and wandering: the invisibility of the Japanese in France”, in Harumi Befu, Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, editors, 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.
** (figuratively) This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location.
    I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.
    I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here.
* (Can we verify this sense?) (abstract) This time, the present situation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

#### Translations
### Interjection

here
* (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
    Here, now I'm giving it to you.
* (Ireland, 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.
* (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
    Here! You! Stop doing that!
* Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
    Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?
* Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
    "Fido! Here!" — "Woof Woof!"

#### Translations
### See also

* hence
* here-
* hereabouts
* hither
* there

### Anagrams

* HREE, Rehe, Rhee, heer

## Albanian
### Noun

here
* indefinite dative/ablative singular of herë

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦeː.rə/
* Rhymes: -eːrə
* Hyphenation: he‧re

### Noun

here m (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)
* Obsolete form of heer (“lord”).
    De here van Papendrecht eet gaarne deze spijze. ― The lord of Papendrecht gladly eats this meal.
* (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: [ˈhɛrɛ]
* Hyphenation: he‧re
* Rhymes: -rɛ

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

here (plural herék)
* (anatomy) testicle, testis (the male sex and endocrine gland)
* drone (a male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee)
* (derogatory) loafer, drone (someone who doesn't work; a lazy person, an idler)

##### Derived terms

* heréjű
* herél
* herezacskó

### 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)
* (folksy) clover (a plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers)

##### Derived terms

* eperhere
* farkashere
* tarlóhere
* apró here
* arany here
* bíbor here
* egyvirágú here
* erdei here
* fehér here
* földbentermő here
* havasi here
* hólyagos here
* lándzsás here
* magyar here
* pusztai here
* réti here
* sávos here
* sudár here
* sziki here
* tavaszi here

### References

* ↑ Entry #333 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* ↑ here in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
* 1 2 Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
* ↑ here in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
* ↑ Benkő, Loránd, ed. A magyar nyelv történeti-etimológiai szótára I–IV. (“The Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Budapest: Akadémiai, 1967–1984. →ISBN. Vol. 1: A–Gy (1967), vol. 2: H–O (1970), vol. 3: Ö–Zs (1976), vol. 4: index (1984).

### 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: /ˈhe.re/, [ˈhɛrɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈe.re/, [ˈɛːre]

#### Adverb

here (not comparable)
* yesterday

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Verb

hērē
* second-person singular present active imperative of hēreō

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “heri”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 283: “PIt. *χes-i”

### 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
* lord, high-ranked person
* God, the Lord
** 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.
* ruler
* leader
* gentleman (respectful title for a male)

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Derived terms

- general:
* hereloos
* heren
* herenbroot
* herendienst
* herengelt
* herengoet
* herengroot
* herengulden
* herenhofstede
* herennoot
* herenpacht
* herenpont
* herenvede
- persons:
* ambachtshere
* baenritshere
* biechthere
* broothere
* capittelhere
* clochere
* cloosterhere
* coorhere
* craemhere
* doemhere
* dusenthere
* erfhere
* gronthere
* groothere
* hallehere
* halshere
* hovethere
* huushere
* jonchere
* kerchere
* laethere
* lanthere
* leenhere
* leitshere
* maenhere
* mijnhere
* oosthere
* opperhere
* orlogeshere
* overhere
* pachthere
* panthere
* parhere
* pijnhere
* provendehere
* raemhere
* raethere
* rijnhere
* scheideshere
* schermhere
* schiphere
* schoonhere
* schouthere
* smalhere
* swegerhere
* tiendehere
* tijnshere
* toverhere
* velthere
* verlaetshere
* vrihere
* vuurhere
* wijnhere
* withere

##### 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
* 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: /ˈhɛːr(ə)/

#### Noun

here
* a military force; a troop, host, or army
* a group of people; a team, band, throng, or mass
* any group or set of things or creatures
* fighting, battle; conflict between armed forces
* (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
* Hereford

##### 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)
* Third-person plural genitive determiner: their

#### Pronoun

here (nominative he)
* 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

##### 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
* pleasant, gentle
* 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)
* 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)
* Alternative form of herre (“lord”)

### Etymology 6
#### Noun

here (uncountable)
* (East Anglia) Alternative form of hire (wages)

### Etymology 7
#### Noun

here (plural heres)
* Alternative form of hare (“hare”)

### Etymology 8
#### Determiner

here
* Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)

#### Pronoun

here
* Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

### Etymology 9
#### Determiner

here
* Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)

### Etymology 10
#### Adverb

here
* Alternative form of her (“here”)

### Etymology 11
#### Noun

here (plural heres)
* Alternative form of heir (“heir”)

### Etymology 12
#### Noun

here (plural heres)
* Alternative form of yeer (“year”)

### Etymology 13
#### Adjective

here
* comparative degree of he (“high”)

### Etymology 14
#### Verb

here
* Alternative form of heren (“to hear”)

### Etymology 15
#### Verb

here
* (Kent) 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: /ˈxe.re/, [ˈhe.re]

### Noun

here m (nominative plural herġas)
* army, military (especially of the enemy)
    Coordinate term: fierd

#### 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:

#### Derived terms

* fēþehere
* heregrīma
* herehȳþ
* heretoga
* landhere
* rǣdehere
* sċiphere
* stælhere
* Ælfhere
* Æþelhere
* Ċēolhere
* Dōmhere
* Ēadhere
* Ealdhere
* Ealhhere
* Herebeald
* Herefriþ
* Herela
* Heremōd
* Hereweald
* Hereweard
* Herewine
* Herewulf
* Hloþhere
* Nōþhere
* Ohthere
* Pleġhere
* Ræġenhere
* Tāthere
* Waldhere
* Wulfhere
* Wynhere

#### 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: /ˈheːrə/
* Hyphenation: he‧re

### Verb

here
* (transitive) to hear
* (intransitive) to obey
* (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: /ˈheːˌreː/
* Audio (Småland):(file)

### Noun

here c
* (Southern) boy, lad
** 1895 January 11, Johannes Sundblad, “Botill Bogesdotter. Tidsbild från Dackefejden. [Botill Bogesdotter. A scene from the time of the Dacke Feud.]”, in Smålands Allehanda, page 4:Man kallar mig »Siggemåla-heren», för den jordkula, i hvilken jag kom till världen, ligger på dettas egor ... Hållen öfver dopfunten och vattenöst har jag nog aldrig blifvit, så att något kristet namn kan jag ej uppge.They call me "the lad of Siggemåla," for the earthen mound in which I was born lies upon this estate... I have never been held over the baptismal font and sprinkled with water, so I cannot provide any Christian name.A footnot clarify "here = a boy about 14–15 years of age"
** “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
### Alternative forms

* haar

### Etymology

From Middle English hære, from Old English *hǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛːr/, /haːr/

### Adverb

here
* here
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:Th' valler w'speen here, th' lass ee chourch-hey.The more we spend here, the less in the churchyard.
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:Vrem ee Choure here aloghe up to Cargun.From the Choure here below up to Cargun.

### 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, page 84