# yonder

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #30,295

## Definitions
1. At or in a distant but indicated place.
2. Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **Yonge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yonder-vs-yonge)
- **yorker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yonder-vs-yorker)
- **younger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yonder-vs-younger)
- **Yonkers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yonder-vs-yonkers)

## Common misspellings (9)
`oynder`, `ynoder`, `yodner`, `yondder`, `yonderr`, `yondre`, `yonedr`, `yonnder`, `yyonder`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yonder