From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).
From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).
Meanings
(not-comparable) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.
Here is the report that you asked for.
Kilroy was here.
It says here that he died in 1970.
The air here is foul.
Oh, yes. I am here! — Good. You are there. 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street, 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto VII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
Here I stand.
I've invited him here tomorrow.
Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.
The view up here is better than the view down there!
The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here to help you. I’m not here to do anything for you. I’m just here to get information.” 2008, Omar Khadr, Affidavit of Omar Ahmed Khadr:
You wait here while I fetch my coat.
(abstract, not-comparable) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. ▸ At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)
Here endeth the lesson.
“And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's. 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.
Here, perhaps I ought to stop. 1796, George Washington, Washington's Farewell Address:
(abstract, not-comparable) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. ▸ In this matter.
You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.
(as complement of 'be', not-comparable) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. ▸ Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.
Christmas will soon be here.
Flu season is here.
(abstract, not-comparable) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. ▸ In this context.
The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here. 1904 January 15, William James, “The Chicago School”, in Psychological Bulletin, 1.1, pages 1-5:
The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here, may be briefly defined: 1872 May, Edward Burnett Tylor, “Quetelet on the Science of Man”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 1:
Derivatives can refer to anything that is derived from something else, but here they refer specifically to functions that give the slope of the tangent line to a curve.
(informal, not-comparable) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. ▸ After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.
Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.
(dialectal, informal, not-comparable) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there. ▸ After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.
Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em.
This here orange is too sour.
(not-comparable) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.
Please come here.
He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get. 1891, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper:
nv kweʼé (in, on, or at this place) · ang hēr (in, on, or at this place) · gsw hier (in, on, or at this place) · ru сюда́ (to this place) · nmn táʻã (in, on, or at this place) · ug مۇندا (in, on, or at this place) · dlm čaico (in, on, or at this place) · or ଏଇଠି (in, on, or at this place) · io hike (in, on, or at this place) · dng җытар (in, on, or at this place) · bg дотук (to this place) · afb هني (in, on, or at this place) · rue ту (in, on, or at this place) · ovd jär (in, on, or at this place) · fa ایدر (in, on, or at this place) · sh ovdje (in, on, or at this place) · nv wóshdę́ę́ʼ (to this place) · xdq ижи́н (in, on, or at this place) · pl tu (in, on, or at this place) · esu maani (in, on, or at this place) · gl acá (in, on, or at this place) · ang hēr (to this place) · syl ꠅꠘꠧ (in, on, or at this place) · zea 'ier (to this place) · ms di sini (in, on, or at this place) · sh ovde (in, on, or at this place) · gmh har (to this place) · goh hera (to this place) · pt cá (in, on, or at this place) · sl túkaj (in, on, or at this place) · ajp هون (in, on, or at this place) · eo tie ĉi (in, on, or at this place) · tk şu taýda (in, on, or at this place) · ka აქ (to this place) · ro aici (in, on, or at this place) · hy հոս (to this place) · frm icy (in, on, or at this place) · zdj hunu (in, on, or at this place) · xdq гьежебе (to this place) · ast equí (in, on, or at this place) · ia ci (in, on, or at this place) · sv här (in, on, or at this place) · uz bunda (in, on, or at this place) · ajp هان (in, on, or at this place) · lv te (in, on, or at this place) · el εδώ (in, on, or at this place) · az buraya (to this place) · got 𐌷𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴 (to this place) · sl sèm (to this place) · de hier (in, on, or at this place) · orv туто (in, on, or at this place) · cs tady (to this place) · wni vanu (in, on, or at this place) · rup oatsi (in, on, or at this place) · cs tady (in, on, or at this place) · be тут (in, on, or at this place) · mk овде (in, on, or at this place) · eve эду (in, on, or at this place) · dlm cauc (in, on, or at this place) · th ตรงนี้ (in, on, or at this place) · he הֵנָּה (to this place) · lv šurp (to this place) · cmn 到這兒 /到这儿 (to this place) · lt čia (to this place) · ln awa (in, on, or at this place) · got 𐌷𐌴𐍂 (in, on, or at this place) · vot tääl (in, on, or at this place) · kn ಈ ಕಡೆಗೆ (to this place) · ja ここ (in, on, or at this place) · ast aquí (in, on, or at this place) · ceb tipakanhi (to this place) · sl zde (in, on, or at this place) · alt мында (in, on, or at this place) · as ইয়াত (in, on, or at this place) · kk мында (in, on, or at this place) · ckb لێرە (in, on, or at this place) · fro ci (to this place) · mfe isi (in, on, or at this place) · grc ἐνθάδε (in, on, or at this place) · az bura (in, on, or at this place) · nv kǫ́ǫ́ (in, on, or at this place) · de hierher (to this place) · is hér (in, on, or at this place) · tg инҷо (in, on, or at this place) · he כָּאן (in, on, or at this place) · se dákko (in, on, or at this place) · am እዚህ (in, on, or at this place) · rcf isi (in, on, or at this place) · ro încoace (to this place) · xdq гьежав (to this place) · lv še (in, on, or at this place) · tl dini (in, on, or at this place) · te ఇక్కడికి (to this place) · ain テタ (in, on, or at this place) · csb tu (in, on, or at this place) · ang hider (to this place) · nan-hbl 這跡 /这迹 (in, on, or at this place) · es acá (in, on, or at this place) · ne यहाँ (in, on, or at this place) · acw هنا (in, on, or at this place) · sq këtu (in, on, or at this place) · sga sund (in, on, or at this place) · zu neno (to this place) · cy yma (in, on, or at this place) · ka აი (in, on, or at this place) · tr burası (in, on, or at this place) · pl tutaj (in, on, or at this place) · hy այստեղ (to this place) · hu ez esetben (in this context) · lv šajā ziņā (in this context) · ca ací (in, on, or at this place) · no her (in, on, or at this place) · tl rito (in, on, or at this place) · nl hier (in, on, or at this place) · th ที่นี่ (in, on, or at this place) · mrw saya (in, on, or at this place) · ceb diri (in, on, or at this place) · gl acó (in, on, or at this place) · gmh hëre (to this place) · pam keni (in, on, or at this place) · km អាយ (in, on, or at this place) · hu itt (in, on, or at this place) · xfa he (in, on, or at this place) · hu ide (to this place) · lb hier (to this place) · kk бұнда (in, on, or at this place) · tt биредән (in, on, or at this place) · eo ĉi tie (in, on, or at this place) · ca aquí (in, on, or at this place) · mn энд (in, on, or at this place) · swb v̄anu (in, on, or at this place) · ckb تا ئێرە (to this place) · vo is (in, on, or at this place) · bg ту́ка (in, on, or at this place) · izh tänne (to this place) · lb hei (to this place) · zu lapha (in, on, or at this place) · lv šeit (in this context) · bho इहाँ (in, on, or at this place) · ia usque ci (to this place) · bo འདིར (in, on, or at this place) · izh tääl (in, on, or at this place) · es aquí (to this place) · af hier (in, on, or at this place) · lv šeit (in, on, or at this place) · yue 呢度 (in, on, or at this place) · az bura (to this place) · su dieu (in, on, or at this place) · ja ここで (in, on, or at this place) · brh daang (in, on, or at this place) · zza ita (in, on, or at this place) · uk тут (in, on, or at this place) · szl tukej (in, on, or at this place) · lo ທີ່ນີ້ (in, on, or at this place) · haw maʻaneʻi (in, on, or at this place) · ccc ana'shana (in, on, or at this place) · alt бери (to this place) · mk ваму (to this place) · nrf ich'in (in, on, or at this place) · win eegi (in, on, or at this place) · xdq и́жав (to this place) · ttj kunu class 17 (in, on, or at this place) · ta இங்கே (in, on, or at this place) · kum мунда (to this place) · as ইয়ালৈ (to this place) · uz shu yerda (in, on, or at this place) · sv hit (to this place) · it qui (to this place) · ky мында (in, on, or at this place) · gd an-seo (in, on, or at this place) · pt aqui (in, on, or at this place) · ja こちらへ (to this place) · tl dito (in, on, or at this place) · pag dya (in, on, or at this place) · ba бында (in, on, or at this place) · pox er (in, on, or at this place) · ga faoi seo (in this context) · ca així (in this context) · pdc do (in, on, or at this place) · ar هُنَا (in, on, or at this place) · kn ಇತ್ತ (to this place) · myv тия (in, on, or at this place) · sa अत्र (in, on, or at this place) · ru здесь (in, on, or at this place) · tl rine (in, on, or at this place) · bqi ایچو (in, on, or at this place) · tt биредә (in, on, or at this place) · sk sem (to this place) · he פֹּה (in, on, or at this place) · rm qua (in, on, or at this place) · mk тука (in, on, or at this place) · non hér (in, on, or at this place) · dng җәр (in, on, or at this place) · no hit (to this place) · ka აქ (in, on, or at this place) · haw ʻaneʻi (in, on, or at this place) · fi tänne (to this place) · ceb dinhi (in, on, or at this place) · sv hitåt (to this place) · gmh hër (to this place) · bni awa (in, on, or at this place) · sc inoghe (in, on, or at this place) · tr işte (in, on, or at this place) · ps دلته (in, on, or at this place) · uga 𐎔 (in, on, or at this place) · zza tiya dı (to this place) · zza ito (in, on, or at this place) · ast aquí (to this place) · cu ту (in, on, or at this place) · haw neʻi (in, on, or at this place) · kmr li (in, on, or at this place) · cs tu (in, on, or at this place) · vi tại đây (in, on, or at this place) · zu lapha (to this place) · my သည်မှာ (in, on, or at this place) · pl dotąd (to this place) · rup aua (in, on, or at this place) · za gizneix (in, on, or at this place) · rup aoa (in, on, or at this place) · hrx do (in, on, or at this place) · es aquende (in, on, or at this place) · ne यता (in, on, or at this place) · zdj pvanu (in, on, or at this place) · rup aoatsi (in, on, or at this place) · is hingað (to this place) · de hierhin (to this place) · eu hemen (in, on, or at this place) · bn এখানে (in, on, or at this place) · lb hei (in, on, or at this place) · io adhike (to this place) · gun apy (in, on, or at this place) · goh hiar (in, on, or at this place) · bg тук (in, on, or at this place) · fi tähän (to this place) · ga anseo (in, on, or at this place) · yi אַהער (in, on, or at this place) · cv кунта (in, on, or at this place) · sw hapa (in, on, or at this place) · fr ici (in, on, or at this place) · tl dine (in, on, or at this place) · sh овде (in, on, or at this place) · mwl eiqui (in, on, or at this place) · alt бу јерде (in, on, or at this place) · te ఇక్కడ (in, on, or at this place) · ti እንሀለ (in, on, or at this place) · shu هني (in, on, or at this place) · dsb how (in, on, or at this place) · ja ここへ (to this place) · myv тесэ (in, on, or at this place) · bcl digdi (in, on, or at this place) · xmf თაქინე (in, on, or at this place) · csm nedṭ (in, on, or at this place) · fa باینجا (to this place) · grc ἐνταῦθα (in, on, or at this place) · la hūc (to this place) · eo tien ĉi (to this place) · hi इधर (to this place) · hy այստեղ (in, on, or at this place) · goh hêr (in, on, or at this place) · nci nicān (in, on, or at this place) · cmn 這兒 /这儿 (in, on, or at this place) · mdf тяса (in, on, or at this place) · oj omaa (in, on, or at this place) · xdq ижи́н (to this place) · ia hic (in, on, or at this place) · wuu 搿搭 (in, on, or at this place) · cmn 這裡 /这里 (in, on, or at this place) · gmh hier (in, on, or at this place) · se dás (in, on, or at this place) · sc inoche (in, on, or at this place) · xal энд (in, on, or at this place) · chr ᎭᏂ (in, on, or at this place) · fa اینجا (in, on, or at this place) · mwl acá (in, on, or at this place) · cv кунта (to this place) · xfa fe (fe) (in, on, or at this place) · rom kathe (in, on, or at this place) · ps دلې (to this place) · kl maani (in, on, or at this place) · ca cap aquí (to this place) · sh овдје (in, on, or at this place) · ur یہاں (in, on, or at this place) · mww nov (in, on, or at this place) · ko 여기 (in, on, or at this place) · ky бери (to this place) · id sini (in, on, or at this place) · my ဒီမှာ (in, on, or at this place) · ssy takke (in, on, or at this place) · hrx hier (in, on, or at this place) · hu itt (in this context) · de her (to this place) · liv täs (in, on, or at this place) · pl tutaj (to this place) · apw kú (in, on, or at this place) · qu kaypi (in, on, or at this place) · it qui (in, on, or at this place) · he לפה (to this place) · gl eiquí (in, on, or at this place) · lv uz šejieni (to this place) · pt (para) aqui (to this place) · rup auatsi (in, on, or at this place) · bua эндэ (in, on, or at this place) · aa takke (in, on, or at this place) · war dinhé (in, on, or at this place) · nds-de hier (in, on, or at this place) · uk сюди́ (to this place) · pt (para) cá (to this place) · ckb ئێرە (in, on, or at this place) · ar إِلَى هُنَا (to this place) · sk tu (in, on, or at this place) · ta இங்கே (to this place) · et siia (to this place) · ps دلته (to this place) · ga abhus (in, on, or at this place) · cy yma (to this place) · ru тут (in, on, or at this place) · fy hjir (in, on, or at this place) · nl hierheen (to this place) · ast equí (to this place) · fi täällä (in, on, or at this place) · gd seo (to this place) · ro aci (in, on, or at this place) · fr par ici (to this place) · xh apha (in, on, or at this place) · az bax budur (in, on, or at this place) · tr burada (in, on, or at this place) · mba dini (in, on, or at this place) · fo her (in, on, or at this place) · ja ここに (in, on, or at this place) · yo níbí (in, on, or at this place) · ur ادھر (to this place) · bn এখানে (to this place) · it qua (in, on, or at this place) · tpn iké (in, on, or at this place) · sga i suidiu (in this context) · et siin (in, on, or at this place) · nrf ichîn (in, on, or at this place) · kn ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ (in, on, or at this place) · ttj hanu class 16 (in, on, or at this place) · xqa مُنْدا (in, on, or at this place) · kmr vir (to this place) · ms ke sini (to this place) · pdt häa (to this place) · ko 이리 (to this place) · ruq ua (in, on, or at this place) · nap accà (to this place) · ia usque hic (to this place) · da her (in, on, or at this place) · tr buraya (to this place) · nv kwii (in, on, or at this place) · es aquí (in, on, or at this place) · evn эду (in, on, or at this place) · dng җыни (in, on, or at this place) · ko 이쪽으로 (to this place) · bg насам (to this place) · ht isi (in, on, or at this place) · vi bên này (to this place) · orv тут (in, on, or at this place) · zu la (in, on, or at this place) · he לכאן (to this place) · fro ci (in, on, or at this place) · tt монда (in, on, or at this place) · ht isit (in, on, or at this place) · fi tässä (in, on, or at this place) · vo iso (to this place) · sl tù (in, on, or at this place) · hsb jow (in, on, or at this place) · kn ಇಲ್ಲಿ (in, on, or at this place) · grc ἐνθάδε (to this place) · es acá (to this place) · grc ὧδε (in, on, or at this place) · tk şu ýerde (in, on, or at this place) · mt hawn (in, on, or at this place) · hi यहाँ (in, on, or at this place) · lt čia (in, on, or at this place) · mvi クマ (in, on, or at this place) · fo higar (to this place) · os ам (in, on, or at this place) · cmn 此處 /此处 (in, on, or at this place) · az burada (in, on, or at this place) · oc aquí (in, on, or at this place) · zza tiya (in, on, or at this place) · el εδώ (to this place) · km នេះ (in, on, or at this place) · txb tene (in, on, or at this place) · cy hyd yma (to this place) · pdt hia (in, on, or at this place) · syl ꠁꠘꠧ (in, on, or at this place) · xfa hec (hec) (in, on, or at this place) · cu сьде (in, on, or at this place) · vi đây (to this place) · xdq гьежи́н (in, on, or at this place) · la hic (in, on, or at this place) · ga anseo (to this place) · hy հոս (in, on, or at this place) · nan-hbl 遮 (in, on, or at this place) · nap ccà (in, on, or at this place) · tg эдар (in, on, or at this place) · be сюды́ (to this place) · pox ar (in, on, or at this place) · gl aquí (in, on, or at this place) · ps دلې (in, on, or at this place) · cs sem (to this place) · hrx hie (in, on, or at this place) · nds-de hy (in, on, or at this place) · gmh hie (in, on, or at this place) · eo ĉi tien (to this place) · arz هنا (in, on, or at this place) · txb ecce (to this place) · mn эндэх (in, on, or at this place) · kum мунда (in, on, or at this place) · da herhen (to this place) · ca aquí (to this place) · cs zde (in, on, or at this place)
From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).
Meanings
(slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.
Here, now I'm giving it to you.
(Ireland, UK, 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.
(informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.
Here! You! Stop doing that!
Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.
Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?
Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.
From Middle English her, from Old English hēr (“at this place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r, from *hiz + *-r, from Proto-Indo-European *kís, from *ḱe + *ís.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian hier, West Frisian hjir, Dutch hier, German Low German hier, German hier, Danish her, Swedish här, Norwegian her, Faroese her, Icelandic hér. Also related to the English pronoun he (“this/that person”), and the words hither (“to this place”) and hence (“from this place”).
Meanings
(uncountable, usually) 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.
More than ever, the here is porous. 2001, Kauhiko Yatabe, “Objects, city and wandering: the invisibility of the Japanese in France”, in Harumi Befu, Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, editors, Globalizing Japan: Ethnography of the Japanese Presence in Asia, Europe, and America, page 28:
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. 2004, Denis Wood, Five Billion Years of Global Change: A History of the Land, page 20:
Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.
For time and extension seem continuous elements; the here is one space with the other heres round it 1922, Francis Herbert Bradley, The Principles of Logic, page 52:
(figuratively, uncountable, usually) This place; this location. ▸ This point or stage in time, conceptualised as a location.
I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here.
I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.
(abstract, uncountable, usually) This time, the present situation.
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lexicographic
Translations (45)
nl hier en nu (this time, the present situation) · he עתה (this time, the present situation) · as ইয়াত (this place) · tr bura (this place) · fi täällä (this place) · fi tämä paikka (this place) · frr heer (this place) · yo ibí (this place) · lv šejiene (this place) · yue 呢度 (this place) · ca aquí (this time, the present situation) · ca aquí (this place) · da nu (this time, the present situation) · nl hier (this place) · cs toto místo (this place) · pl tutaj (this place) · wa droci (this place) · pt aqui (this place) · cs tato chvíle (this time, the present situation) · de Hier (this place) · wa cial (this place) · ta இங்கு (this place) · fi tässä (this time, the present situation) · hu ez a hely (this place) · pt aqui e agora (this time, the present situation) · wa roci (this place) · hy այստեղ (this place) · ary هْنا (this place) · eo nuno (this time, the present situation) · ta இப்பொழுது (this time, the present situation) · ca ara (this time, the present situation) · cst nóm̄oknó̄ti (this place) · hy հիմա (this time, the present situation) · he עכשיו (this time, the present situation) · ta இங்கே (this place) · he כעת (this time, the present situation) · wa vaici (this place) · cs tento moment (this time, the present situation) · ca ací (this time, the present situation) · pl tu (this place) · ca ací (this place) · ta இங்கே (this time, the present situation) · wa ciddé (this place) · nl heden (this time, the present situation) · cs tato doba (this time, the present situation)