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English
Etymology
From Middle English here-inne, her-in, her-inne, hier-ine, from Old English hēr-inne, from Proto-West Germanic *hērinna, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂rinna, equivalent to here + in. Cognate with West Frisian hjiryn (“herein”), Dutch hierin (“herein”), German hierin (“herein”), Danish heri (“herein”), Swedish häri (“herein”), Icelandic hér í (“herein”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
herein (not comparable)
- In this; within this content, context, or thing.
1759, William Robertson, History of Scotland:[…] that if he be not fully satisfied herein, or doubt that the rest of the associates shall not like of the delivery of them to her Majesty in this good manner […]
1851, Appleton's Mechanics' Magazine and Engineers' Journal, page 190:I also claim making the touguing hand-plane in such a manner as to enable the workman to make therewith tongues of various thicknesses, substantially, in the manner herein set forth, whereby I prevent the necessity of providing different tools to tongue planks of different thicknesses.
1992, Ralph W. Wilkerson, Advances in Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning, page 53:The equational theories developed herein are ordinary conditional equational theories.
2010, Carl Battle, Legal Forms for Everyone, page 192:Were you a party to any suit terminated within the year immediately preceding the filing of the original petition herein?
Related terms
Translations
within this content or context
See also
See also
- (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (again): thereagain
- (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
- (around): therearound, wherearound
- (as): thereas, whereas
- (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before): herebefore, therebefore
- (beside): therebeside
- (between): therebetween, wherebetween
- (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
- (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence): herehence, therehence
- (in): herein, therein, wherein
- (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
- (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
- (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
- (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
- (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
Anagrams
Finnish
Adjective
herein
- superlative degree of hereä
Declension
Adjective
herein
- instructive plural of hereä
German
Etymology
From her + ein.
Pronunciation
Adverb
herein
- in (in the direction of the speaker)
Related terms
Further reading
- “herein” in Duden online
- “herein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache