here

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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 5.1 Adverb 6 Old English 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Derived terms 6.3.2 Declension

[edit] English

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /hɪə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /hI@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /hɪɹ/, SAMPA: /hIr/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪə(r)
• Homophones: hear

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Adverb

here (not comparable)

1. In, on, or at this place.
2. To this place.

[edit] Derived terms

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

here (comparative more here, superlative most here)

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

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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.

[edit] See also

• hence
• here-
• hereabouts
• hither
• there

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[edit] Breton

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here

1. The month October

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[edit] Dutch

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here m.

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

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'hɛrɛ/
• Hyphenation: he‧re

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here (plural herék)

1. A testicle
2. A drone

[edit] Declension

declension of here 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

possessives of here possessor singular possession plural possession 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

[edit] Derived terms

• herél
• herélt
• lóhere

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[edit] Latin

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here (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of herī.

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[edit] Old English

[edit] 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).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhere/

[edit] 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)

[edit] Derived terms

• heregrīma

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
nominative	here	her(i)ġas
accusative	her(i)ġe	her(i)ġas
genitive	her(i)ġes	her(i)ġa
dative	her(i)ġe	her(i)gum