hither

See also: hithër

English

Etymology

Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪðə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪðɚ/
Audio (US) (file)

Rhymes: -ɪðə(r)

Adverb

hither (not comparable)

(literary or archaic) To this place, to here.
He went hither and thither.
over here

Usage notes

Compare to the pronominal adverb "hereto" which follows the pattern of "preposition + what" or "preposition + which".

Antonyms

hence

Derived terms

Terms derived from hither

hitherto

hitherward

Related terms

Translations

to here

Belarusian: сюды́ (sjudý)
Czech: sem (cs)
Danish: herhen, hid
Dutch: hierheen (nl), alhier (nl), herwaarts (nl)
Faroese: higar
Finnish: tänne (fi)
French: ici (fr), çà (fr)
German: hierher (de), hierhin (de)
Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴 (hidrē)
Hebrew: הֲלוֹם‎ (halóm), הֵנָּה‎ (he) (héna)
Hungarian: ide (hu)
Icelandic: hingað (is)
Italian: qui (it), qua (it)
Kriol: dijei
Latin: hūc (la)
Macedonian: ваму (vamu)
Maori: mai

Navajo: wóshdę́ę́ʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hit (no), hitover (no)
Old English: hider
Polish: tutaj (pl), dotąd (pl)
Portuguese: acá (pt), para cá
Romanian: încoace (ro), aici (ro)
Russian: сюда́ (ru) (sjudá)
Scottish Gaelic: a-bhos, a-nall
Slovak: sem
Spanish: aquí (es), acá (es)
Swedish: hit (sv)
Turkish: buraya
Ukrainian: сюди́ (sjudý)
Yiddish: אַהער‎ (aher)
Yup'ik: ukani

Adjective

hither (not comparable)

(archaic) On this side; the nearer.
- 1954, The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil. — Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 30)

Translations

on this side

Finnish: tämänpuoleinen
Icelandic: sem er nær

Italian: citeriore
Spanish: de más aquí, más cercano

See also

here	there	where
hither	thither	whither
hence	thence	whence

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