here

De here van Papendrecht eet gaarne deze spijze.

The lord of Papendrecht gladly eats this meal.

Deze spijze is voor den here van Papendrecht.

This meal is for the lord of Papendrecht.

nl-noun

here m (plural heren, diminutive heertje n)

heren (plural)
heertje (diminutive neuter)


here

I've had enough of peeling potatoes. I'm stopping here.

Here endeth the lesson.

Here, perhaps I ought to stop.

1796, George Washington, Washington's Farewell Address:

“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:

(location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

(abstract) At this point or stage (in a process, argument, narration, etc.)

You say that all men are born equal, but here I must disagree with you.

Flu season is here.

Christmas will soon be here.

(as complement of 'be') Notionally at the speaker's location by virtue of happening now.

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.

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:

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:

Jim here has been with the company for twenty years.

(informal) After the name of a person perceived as located close to the speaker, used familiarly to indicate that person.

This here orange is too sour.

Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em.

(informal or dialect) After certain determiners, especially 'this' and 'these', used to emphasise demonstrative sense; see also this here.

You wait here while I fetch my coat.

Ms. Doe is not here at the moment.

It says here that he died in 1970.

The air here is foul.

The view up here is better than the view down there!

Here is the report that you asked for. (inverted use)

Here I stand.

Kilroy was here.

Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto VII:

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:

Oh, yes. I am here! — Good. You are there.
Audio (US): (file)

2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

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:

(location) To this place; used in place of the literary or archaic hither.

Sranan Tongo: ia

aquí

more specific, somewhat like "in/right here"

acá

less specific, somewhat like "over here"

tänne

the place wider or less accurately confined

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”).


here

Here is where I met my spouse twelve years ago.

An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.

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:

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:

I'd like to continue my story, but here is where I must stop.

I've done as much as I can; you'll have to take it from here.

(figuratively) This point or stage, visualised as a location.

(abstract) This time, the present situation.


here

Here, now I'm giving it to you.

(slang) Used semi-assertively to offer something to the listener.

Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.

(Ireland, British, slang) Used for emphasis at the beginning of a sentence when expressing an opinion or want.

Here! You! Stop doing that!

(informal) Used to attract someone's attention, often in a hostile way.

Smith ... Here! ... Jones ... Here! ... Walters ... ... Anyone seen Walters?

Said in response to one's name being called during a roll call, indicating that one is present.

"Fido! Here!" — "Woof Woof!"

Said to command a person or higher animal to come to the speaker.


here

(anatomy) testicle, testis (the male sex and endocrine gland)

drone (a male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee)

(derogatory) loafer, drone (someone who doesn't work; a lazy person, an idler)

herék (plural)
here (nominative singular)
herék (nominative plural)
herét (accusative singular)
heréket (accusative plural)
herének (dative singular)
heréknek (dative plural)
herével (instrumental singular)
herékkel (instrumental plural)
heréért (causal-final singular)
herékért (causal-final plural)
herévé (singular translative)
herékké (plural translative)
heréig (singular terminative)
herékig (plural terminative)
hereként (essive-formal singular)
herékként (essive-formal plural)
herében (inessive singular)
herékben (inessive plural)
herén (singular superessive)
heréken (plural superessive)
herénél (adessive singular)
heréknél (adessive plural)
herébe (illative singular)
herékbe (illative plural)
herére (singular sublative)
herékre (plural sublative)
heréhez (allative singular)
herékhez (allative plural)
heréből (elative singular)
herékből (elative plural)
heréről (delative singular)
herékről (delative plural)
herétől (ablative singular)
heréktől (ablative plural)
heréé (singular)
heréké (plural)
herééi (singular)
herékéi (plural)
herém (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
heréim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
heréd (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
heréid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
heréje (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
heréi (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
herénk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
heréink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
herétek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
heréitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
heréjük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
heréik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From Proto-Uralic *kojera (“male animal”). Cognates include Northern Mansi ха̄р (hār).


here

(folksy) clover (a plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers)

Shortened from lóhere (“clover”), from ló (“horse”) + here (“testicle”) (based on the shape of the leaves of this plant resembling horses’ sex glands), hence related to the above sense.


here

From Pre-Latin/Proto-Italic *hezi, from Proto-Indo-European *(dʰ)ǵʰyési, locative form of *(dʰ)ǵʰyés (“yesterday”).


here

second-person singular present active imperative of hēreō


here

Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.

1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

Dutch: heer

Afrikaans: heer

Limburgish: hieër


here

Dutch: heer

From Old Dutch *heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kóryos.


here

a military force; a troop, host, or army

a group of people; a team, band, throng, or mass

fighting, battle; conflict between armed forces

(rare) participation in the armed forces

her (alternative)
heir (alternative)
herre (alternative)
ere (alternative)
har (alternative)
hare (alternative)
hyre (alternative)
hære (alternative)
heare (alternative)
heore (alternative)
hir (alternative)
hire (alternative)

Scots: here, heir, heyr

From Old English here, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army; commander”).


here

Third-person plural genitive determiner: their

From Old English heora, hira, genitive of hīe (“they”).


here

Third-person plural possessive pronoun: theirs, of them

he (nominative)
her (alternative)
heare (alternative)
heir (alternative)
er (alternative)
ere (alternative)
herre (alternative)
hero (alternative)
hir (alternative)
hire (alternative)
ire (alternative)
har (alternative)
hare (alternative)
ar (alternative)
are (alternative)
ȝare (alternative)
hur (alternative)
hure (alternative)
hura (alternative)
huere (alternative)
hurre (alternative)
hor (alternative)
hore (alternative)
or (alternative)
ore (alternative)
hora (alternative)
heor (alternative)
heore (alternative)
heora (alternative)
heoræ (alternative)
hoere (alternative)
har (alternative)
hare (alternative)
ar (alternative)
are (alternative)
ȝare (alternative)
hor (alternative)
hore (alternative)
or (alternative)
ore (alternative)
hora (alternative)
heor (alternative)
heore (alternative)
heora (alternative)
heoræ (alternative)
hoere (alternative)

English: her (obsolete)

Yola: aar, 'ar


here

her (alternative)
hær (alternative)
harey (alternative)

English: here

From Old English hēore, hȳre (“pleasant”), from Proto-Germanic *hiurijaz (“familiar; mild”).


here

heres (plural)
heren (plural)
here (plural)
her (alternative)
heare (alternative)
eare (alternative)
hair (alternative)
haire (alternative)
haigre (alternative)
hare (alternative)
heir (alternative)
heire (alternative)
heiȝre (alternative)
hayr (alternative)
hayre (alternative)
hayer (alternative)
heyr (alternative)
heyre (alternative)

English: haire

Scots: heir

From Old English hǣre, hēre and Old French haire, itself from Germanic.


here

Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)


here

Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)


here

army, military (especially of the enemy)

herġas (nominative plural)
here (nominative singular)
herġas (nominative plural)
here (accusative singular)
herġas (accusative plural)
herġes (genitive singular)
herġa (genitive plural)
herġe (dative singular)
herġum (dative plural)

Middle English: here

Scots: here, heir, heyr

From Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-.


here

here
tou heren (infinitive)
here (first-person present singular)
heerde (first-person past singular)
heerst (present second-person singular)
heerdest (past second-person singular)
heert (present singular third-person)
heerde (past singular third-person)
here (plural present)
heerden (past plural)
heer (imperative singular)
heret (imperative plural)
herend (participle present)
heerd (participle past)
häbe (auxiliary past)
heere (alternative)

From Old Frisian hēra, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan. Cognates include West Frisian hearre and German horen.


here

Man kallar mig »Siggemåla-heren», för den jordkula, i hvilken jag kom till världen, ligger på dettas egor ... Hållen öfver dopfunten och vattenöst har jag nog aldrig blifvit, så att något kristet namn kan jag ej uppge.

1895 January 11, Johannes Sundblad, “Botill Bogesdotter. Tidsbild från Dackefejden. [Botill Bogesdotter. A scene from the time of the Dacke Feud.]”, in Smålands Allehanda, page 4:

They call me "the lad of Siggemåla," for the earthen mound in which I was born lies upon this estate... I have never been held over the baptismal font and sprinkled with water, so I cannot provide any Christian name.

“Växjö vill vara lite storstadlikt”, in Sveriges Radio (in Swedish), 2012 August 14, page Växjö wants to be a bit like a big city.: “Jag tror att Växömålet vill vara lite storstadslikt, det målet har vi inte i Alvesta, säger han och berättar att här kan kille och tjej kallas för here och grebba. ― I think that Växjö dialect wants to be a bit like a big city dialect, we don't have that in Alvesta, he says and explains that here a boy and girl can be called "here" and "grebba."”

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here

Th' valler w'speen here, th' lass ee chourch-hey.

1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:

The more we spend here, the less in the churchyard.

Vrem ee Choure here aloghe up to Cargun.

1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:

From the Choure here below up to Cargun.

From Middle English hẹ̄r, from Old English hēr, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr.