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her.

hither, to this place, to here, to me/us

3 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adv/heːr/[heːɐ̯][hɛɐ̯]
  1. hither, to this place, to here, to me/us

    Komm her!
  2. along, on this way

    informal
    Wo gehen wir her?
  3. ago

    temporal
    Es ist zehn Jahre her, dass ich das letzte Mal Auto gefahren bin.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German hër, hëre, from Old High German hëra, which corresponds to hier in the same way as dara (“thither”) to dār (“there”). Cognate to Dutch her, Low German her, and possibly Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐍂𐌹 (hiri).

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