hither

English

Etymology

Old English hider. Cognate with Latin citer.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhɪðə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɪðɚ/

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  Rhymes: -ɪðə(r)

Adverb

hither (not comparable)

1. (literary or archaic) To this place, to here.

   He went hither and thither.

2. here to
3. over here

Derived terms

• hitherto
• hitherward

Related terms

• thither
• whither
• hither and thither

Translations

to here

• Belarusian: сюды (be) (sjudý) 
• Czech: sem (cs)
• Danish: herhen (da), hid (da)
• Dutch: hierheen (nl), alhier (nl)
• Faroese: higar (fo)
• Finnish: tänne (fi)
• French: ici (fr), çà (fr)
• German: hierher (de), hierhin (de)
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴 (hidrē)
• Hungarian: ide (hu)
• Icelandic: hingað (is)
• Italian: qui (it), qua (it)

• Latin: hūc (la)
• Macedonian: ваму (mk) (vámu)
• Maori: mai (mi)
• Navajo: wóshdę́ę́ʼ
• Romanian: încoace (ro), aici (ro)
• Russian: сюда (ru) (sjudá) 
• Scottish Gaelic: a-bhos (gd), a-nall (gd)
• Spanish: aquí (es), acá (es)
• Swedish: hit (sv)
• Turkish: buraya (tr)
• Ukrainian: сюди (uk) (sjudý) 

Adjective

hither (not comparable)

1. (archaic) On this side; the nearer.
   • 1954, The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil. — Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 30)

Translations

on this side

• Icelandic: sem er nær (is)
• Italian: citeriore (it)

• Spanish: de más aquí, más cercano