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yonder

adj.
C2 Proficiency US //ˈjɑndɝ// UK //jˈɒndɐ// yon·der Archaic Dialect Literary

adj. located at a distance, especially across a field or a river. You use it to point to something that is far away but still visible.

adj. situated at a distance, typically across a field or river. Often used in literary or dialectal contexts to indicate a remote location.


SIMPLE

The old barn stands yonder across the field.

CONTEXTUAL

From the hilltop, we could see the small village yonder, nestled between the two tall mountains.

COMPLEX

The traveler gazed yonder toward the horizon, where the sun was beginning to set behind the distant hills, casting a golden glow over the valley.

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Origin

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”).

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