yonder
/ˈjɑndəɹ/adverb, noun
yonder is spelled Y-O-N-D-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, yonder means “At or in a distant but indicated place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in yonder?
| Letters | 6: Y-O-N-D-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,017th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is yonder?
Yonder appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,017th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce yonder?
- UK /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/
- US /ˈjɑndəɹ/
- /ˈjændə(ɹ)/
Yonder has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-yonder.ogg, En-au-yonder.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with yonder?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as yonder from its last stressed vowel (/ɑndəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: droney.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of yonder
- younder
- more yonder comparative
- most yonder superlative
- yonders plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yonder mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
At or in a distant but indicated place.
Whose doublewide is that over yonder?
- 2
archaicSynonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.
They headed on over yonder.
noun
- 1
The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.
She set off into the blue yonder.
adjective
- 1
archaicThe farther, the more distant of two choices.
determiner
- 1
archaicWho or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
Yonder lass, who be she?
- 2
archaicOne who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
The yonder is Queen Niobe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yonder in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | là-bas |
| German | dort drüben, dort, drüben |
| Portuguese | além, acolá , aquele, aquela, aquilo |
| Spanish | allá, acullá (further than "allá"), allí , aquel, aquella |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does yonder come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).