yonder

WOTD – 2 December 2006

English

Pronunciation

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

• Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ)

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to yond (from Old English ġeond) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Dutch ginder ('over there').

Adverb

yonder (not comparable)

1. 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. […]."

Translations

in a distant, indicated place

• Albanian: atje (sq)
• Arabic: هناك (hunāk), هنالك (hunālik)
• Catalan: allà (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: ginder (nl)
• Finnish: tuolla (fi)
• French: là-bas (fr)
• German: dort drüben, dort (de), drüben
• Icelandic: þarna (is)
• Irish: ansiúd
• Italian: laggiù
• Japanese: あそこに (ja) (asoko ni)

• Macedonian: онде (ónde), ондека (óndeka)
• Malay: disana
• Maori: korā
• Mongolian: энэ хавьд (ene havʹd)
• Portuguese: além (pt), acolá (pt)
• Russian: вон там (von tám), там (ru) (tam)
• Scottish Gaelic: an siud
• Serbo-Croatian: онде, onde
• Sicilian: ddassutta, ddocu sutta
• Spanish: de allá
• Turkish: şurada (tr)
• Welsh: acw, draw
• West Frisian: jinder

Determiner

yonder

1. Distant but within sight

   Yonder peasant - who is he?

Synonyms

• (distant but within sight): yon

Translations

distant but within sight

• Albanian: atje (sq)
• Catalan: aquell (ca) m, aquella (ca) f
• Finnish: tuo (fi)
• French: là-bas (fr)
• Japanese: あの (ja) (ano)
• Macedonian: онде (ónde), ондека (óndeka)

• Portuguese: aquele (pt) m, aquela (pt) f, aquilo (pt) n
• Russian: вон тот m (von tót), вон та f (von tá), вон то n (von tó), вон те pl (von té)
• Spanish: aquél m, aquella (es) f
• Turkish: şuradaki
• 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)

Usage notes

The term yonder is used more often in the South than elsewhere in the US.

See also

• yon

Anagrams

• droney
• Rodney