yonder

English

WOTD – 2 December 2006

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈjɑndə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)

Etymology

From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from Old English ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jend-, *jand-) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”).

Adverb

yonder (not comparable)

1. (informal, dialect) In a distant, indicated place; over there.

   Whose home is that yonder?

   • 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:

     "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. […]."

   • 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 2, chapter 2

     Fire, the Sword, and Plagueǃ They may all be found in the yonder city; on my head alone may they fallǃ

Translations

in a distant, indicated place

• Albanian: atje (sq)
• Arabic: هُنَاك‏‎ (hunāk), هُنَالِك‏‎ (hunālik)
• Breton: hont (br), ahont (br)
• Catalan: allà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: （在）那邊 (zh), （在）那边 (zh) ((zài) nàbiān)

• Cornish: hons, enos, en-hons
• Czech: tam (cs)
• Dutch: ginder (nl)
• Finnish: tuolla (fi)
• French: là-bas (fr)
• German: dort drüben, dort (de), drüben (de)
• Icelandic: þarna (is)
• Irish: ansiúd
• Italian: laggiù

• Japanese: あそこに (ja) (asoko ni), 彼方 (ja) (kanata)
• Korean: 저편 (ko) (jeopyeon)
• Macedonian: онде (ónde), ондека (óndeka)
• Malay: disana
• Maori: korā
• Mongolian: энэ хавьд (ene havʹd)
• Portuguese: além (pt), acolá (pt)
• Russian: вон та́м (von tám), там (ru) (tam)
• Scottish Gaelic: an siud
• Serbo-Croatian: онде, onde (sh)
• Sicilian: ddassutta, ddocu sutta
• Spanish: de allá
• Turkish: orada (tr)
• Welsh: acw, draw
• West Frisian: jinder

Determiner

yonder

1. Distant but within sight

   Yonder peasant - who is he?

   • 2006, Cécile Corbel (lyrics and music), “Siúil a ruin”, in Songbook 1^[1] (CD, in English and Irish), Brittany: Keltia Musique, performed by Cécile Corbel:

     I wish I were on yonder hill
     and there I’d sit and I’d cry my fill,
     and ev’ry tear would turn a mill,
     And a blessing walk with you, my love

Synonyms

• (distant but within sight): yon

Translations

distant but within sight

• Albanian: atje (sq)
• Breton: hont (br)
• Catalan: aquell (ca) m, aquella (ca) f
• Cornish: enos
• Finnish: tuo (fi)
• French: là-bas (fr)
• Japanese: あの (ja) (ano)

• Macedonian: онде (ónde), ондека (óndeka), оној (onoj)
• Portuguese: aquele (pt) m, aquela (pt) f, aquilo (pt) n
• Russian: вон то́т m (von tót), вон та́ f (von tá), вон то́ n (von tó), вон те́ pl (von té)
• Spanish: aquél m, aquella (es) f
• Turkish: oradaki
• Welsh: acw

Noun

yonder (plural yonders)

1. Something that is distant but within sight.

   Off we go, into the wild blue yonder, riding high into the sky.

Translations

something that is distant but within sight

• Finnish: tuo (fi)
• Japanese: あれ (ja) (are)

• Russian: далёко (ru) (daljóko)

Usage notes

In the United States, the term yonder is used more often in the South than elsewhere.

See also

• yon

Anagrams

• Dorney, Rodney, droney