yonder

Meaning

Adv

1. (Southern-US, not-comparable) At or in a distant but indicated place.
2. (archaic, dialectal, not-comparable) Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.

Adj

The farther, the more distant of two choices.

Det

1. (archaic, dialectal) Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
2. (archaic, dialectal) One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.

Noun

The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.

Synonyms

there

over there

yon

that

thither

off

afar

away

those

forth

far

remote

that place

there over there

distance

distant

far away

over yonder

that one

that way

this

this here

up there

yond

in that place

Translations

là-bas

ginds

daarginds

ginder

allí

dort

acolá

daar

além

ali

ahí

aldaar

là

là

aí

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: yonder

Inherited from Old English: ġeonre

Cognate with Scots: ȝondir

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: tjunder

Cognate with Dutch: ginder

Cognate with Middle Low German: ginder

Cognate with German: jenseits

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴

In summary

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”).