hierher
German, adverb/hiːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯/
hierher is spelled H-I-E-R-H-E-R (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hierher is a German adverb meaning “to here, here (to this place), hither” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach hier”.
What does hierher mean in English?
adverb
- 1
to here, here (to this place), hither
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. nach hier
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce hierher?
- /hiːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯/
- /ˈhiːɐ̯heːɐ̯/
- [ˈhiːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hierher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hierher in German?
hierher appears 14 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).