yonder

== English == === Alternative forms === younder (dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈjɑndəɹ/ (regional Southern US, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈjændə(ɹ)/ (New England, obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈjɛndə/ Rhymes: -ɒndə(ɹ) === Adverb === yonder (not comparable) (archaic or dialectal outside of Cumbria, Southern US) At or in a distant but indicated place. (archaic or dialect) Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place. 1535, Bible (Coverdale), Genesis, 22: As for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder. ==== Synonyms ==== (all senses): there, over there, away there ==== Derived terms ==== absence makes the heart go yonder here and yonder, hither and yonder wild blue yonder ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === yonder (comparative more yonder, superlative most yonder) (archaic or dialect) The farther, the more distant of two choices. ==== Synonyms ==== see farther === Determiner === yonder (archaic or dialect, as an adjective) Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight. (archaic or dialect, as a pronoun) One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight. ==== Synonyms ==== (distant but within sight): yon ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === yonder (plural yonders) (literary) The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === yon beyond === References === === Anagrams === Dorney, Rodney, Yerdon, droney