inner

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English innera, comparative of inne (“within”), from Proto-Indo-European *in.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)

Adjective

inner (not generally comparable; comparative innermost, superlative most inner)

1. Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something (inner door, inner room, inner sanctum, inner surface).
2. Close to the centre, located near or closer to center (the inner suburbs).
3. Inside or closer to the inside of the body (inner ear).
4. Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup (inner confidence, inner strength, inner life, inner child, inner artist, inner peace, inner light).
   • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, The Onion AV Club:

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5. Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure, ; innermost or essential, needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood (inner meaning, inner resources, inner logic ).
6. Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence (inner circle, inner council ).

Synonyms

• interior
• internal

Antonyms

• outer

Derived terms

• innerness

Translations

being or occurring inside

• Armenian: ներքին (hy) (nerk’in) 
• Czech: vnitřní (cs) m
• Esperanto: ena (eo)
• Finnish: sisempi (fi)
• French: intérieur (fr)

• German: inner (de)
• Hungarian: belső (hu), benti (hu)
• Italian: interno (it)
• Polish: wewnętrzny (pl)
• Russian: вну́тренний (ru) (vnútrennij) 

Noun

inner (plural inners)

1. An inner part.
2. A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
3. (cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.

Translations

• Novial: interni
• Italian: interno (it) m

Anagrams

• niner, renin

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German

Etymology

From Old High German innar.

Adjective

inner (not comparable)

1. inner

Derived terms

• innerlich

Declension

    Declension of inner

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist inner	sie ist inner	es ist inner	sie sind inner
strong declension (without article)	nominative	innerer	innere	inneres	innere
	genitive	inneren	innerer	inneren	innerer
	dative	innerem	innerer	innerem	inneren
	accusative	inneren	innere	inneres	innere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der innere	die innere	das innere	die inneren
	genitive	des inneren	der inneren	des inneren	der inneren
	dative	dem inneren	der inneren	dem inneren	den inneren
	accusative	den inneren	die innere	das innere	die inneren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein innerer	eine innere	ein inneres	(keine) inneren
	genitive	eines inneren	einer inneren	eines inneren	(keiner) inneren
	dative	einem inneren	einer inneren	einem inneren	(keinen) inneren
	accusative	einen inneren	eine innere	ein inneres	(keine) inneren