Standard Lemma guide

herein

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /hɪɹˈɪn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /hɪəˈɹɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH0 R IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In this; within this content, context, or thing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in this place or thing or document

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I shall discuss the question herein

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English here-inne, her-in, her-inne, hier-ine, from Old English hērinne, 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”).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: тук (tuk) — within this content or context
  • Dutch: hierin — within this content or context
  • Dutch: hierbij — within this content or context
  • Finnish: tässä — within this content or context
  • Finnish: tässä kohdin — within this content or context
  • French: ci-dedans — within this content or context
  • Hindi: एतस्मिन् (etasmin) — within this content or context
  • Hungarian: benne — within this content or context
  • Hungarian: ebben — within this content or context
  • Macedonian: овде (ovde) — within this content or context
  • Portuguese: aqui — within this content or context
  • Russian: таким образом (takim obrazom) — within this content or context
  • Spanish: aquí — within this content or context
  • Swedish: häri — within this content or context
  • Ukrainian: тут (tut) — within this content or context
  • Ukrainian: в цьо́му (v cʹómu) — within this content or context