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here

See also: Here, hère, and herë

English

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Etymology

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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.

Cognates

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

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Adverb

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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
    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], “Canto VII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
      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.
    1. (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.
    2. (abstract) In this matter.
      You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.
    3. (as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
      Flu season is here.
      Christmas will soon be here.
    4. (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.
    5. (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.
    6. (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.
  2. (location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
    Please come here.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Sranan Tongo: ia

Translations

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See here/translations § Adverb.

Adjective

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here (not comparable)

  1. Alive
    I'm not dead yet! I'm still here!

Noun

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here (usually uncountable, plural heres)

  1. 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.
    1. (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.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (abstract) This time, the present situation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

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Interjection

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here

  1. (slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
    Here, now I'm giving it to you.
  2. (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.
  3. (informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
    Here! You! Stop doing that!
  4. 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?
  5. Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
    "Fido! Here!" — "Woof Woof!"

Translations

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Noun

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here

  1. plural of heer

Albanian

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here

  1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of herë

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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  • 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.

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Uralic *kojera (“male animal”).[1][2][3] Cognates include Northern Mansi ха̄р (hār).

Noun

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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
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative here herék
accusative herét heréket
dative herének heréknek
instrumental herével herékkel
causal-final heréért herékért
translative herévé herékké
terminative heréig herékig
essive-formal hereként herékként
essive-modal — —
inessive herében herékben
superessive herén heréken
adessive herénél heréknél
illative herébe herékbe
sublative herére herékre
allative heréhez herékhez
elative heréből herékből
delative heréről herékről
ablative herétől heréktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		heréé heréké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		herééi herékéi
Possessive forms of here
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. herém heréim
2nd person sing. heréd heréid
3rd person sing. heréje heréi
1st person plural herénk heréink
2nd person plural herétek heréitek
3rd person plural heréjük heréik
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Compound words

Etymology 2

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Shortened from lóhere (“clover”),[3] from ló (“horse”) + here (“testicle”) (based on the shape of the leaves of this plant resembling horses’ sex glands),[4][5] hence related to the above sense.

Noun

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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)
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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative here herék
accusative herét heréket
dative herének heréknek
instrumental herével herékkel
causal-final heréért herékért
translative herévé herékké
terminative heréig herékig
essive-formal hereként herékként
essive-modal — —
inessive herében herékben
superessive herén heréken
adessive herénél heréknél
illative herébe herékbe
sublative herére herékre
allative heréhez herékhez
elative heréből herékből
delative heréről herékről
ablative herétől heréktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		heréé heréké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		herééi herékéi
Possessive forms of here
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. herém heréim
2nd person sing. heréd heréid
3rd person sing. heréje heréi
1st person plural herénk heréink
2nd person plural herétek heréitek
3rd person plural heréjük heréik
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Compound words
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References

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  1. ^ Entry #333 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ 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.)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
  4. ^ 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.)
  5. ^ 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).

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

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Etymology 1

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From Pre-Latin/Proto-Italic *hezi,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *(dʰ)ǵʰyési, locative form of *(dʰ)ǵʰyés (“yesterday”).

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Adverb

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here (not comparable)

  1. yesterday

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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hērē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of hēreō

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  1. ^ 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”

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  • “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

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Etymology 1

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From Old Dutch hēro, hērro.

Noun

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hêre m

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

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

Noun

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hēre n

  1. army, band of troops
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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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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
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Etymology 2

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

Determiner

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here (nominative pronoun he)

  1. Third-person plural genitive determiner: their

Pronoun

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here (nominative he)

  1. Third-person plural possessive pronoun: theirs, of them
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  • he (“they”)
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Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st person I, ich, ik me min
mi1		 min
2nd person þou þe þin
þi1		 þin
3rd person m he him
hine2		 him his his
hisen
f sche, heo hire
heo 		hire hire
hires, hiren
n hit hit
him2		 his, hit —
dual3 1st person wit unk unker
2nd person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st person we us, ous oure oure
oures, ouren
2nd person4 ye yow your your
youres, youren
3rd person inh. he hem
he2		 hem here here
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeim þeir þeir
þeires, þeiren
1 Used preconsonantally or before h.
2 Early or dialectal.
3 Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third person dual forms in Middle English.
4 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd person singular.
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Etymology 3

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

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here

  2. pleasant, gentle
  3. noble, excellent
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Etymology 4

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

Noun

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here (plural heres or heren or here)

  2. haircloth
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Etymology 5

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Noun

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here

  1. Alternative form of herre (“lord”)

Etymology 6

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Noun

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here (plural heres)

  1. (East Anglia) Alternative form of hire (wages)

Etymology 7

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Noun

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here

  1. Alternative form of hare (“hare”)

Etymology 8

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Determiner

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here

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

Pronoun

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here

  1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 9

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Determiner

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here

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

Etymology 10

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Adverb

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here

  1. Alternative form of her (“here”)

Etymology 11

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here

  1. Alternative form of heir (“heir”)

Etymology 12

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Noun

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here

  1. Alternative form of yeer (“year”)

Etymology 13

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Adjective

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here

  1. comparative degree of he (“high”)

Etymology 14

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Verb

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here

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

Etymology 15

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Verb

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here

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

Old English

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Etymology 1

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxe.re/, [ˈhe.re]

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here m (nominative plural herġas)

  1. army, military (especially of the enemy)
    Coordinate term: fierd
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  • While here was mainly used for enemy armies, derived compounds such as landhere (“land army”) and sċiphere (“navy”) were still used of either side.
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Strong ja-stem:

singular plural
nominative here herġas
accusative here herġas
genitive herġes herġa
dative herġe herġum
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxeː.re/, [ˈheː.re]

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hēre

  1. dative singular of hēr

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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

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

Verb

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here

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

Conjugation

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Conjugation of here (weak type 1)
grúundfoarme here
infinitive tou heren
present past
singular iek here heerde
du heerst heerdest
hie/ju/dät heert heerde
plural here heerden
imperative
singular heer
plural heret
present past
participle herend heerd
auxiliary verb — häbe

References

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

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here c

  1. (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”)

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Etymology

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

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here

  1. 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

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  • 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
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