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See also: herein-

English

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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herein (not comparable)

  1. In this; within this content, context, or thing.
    • 1759, William Robertson, History of Scotland[1]:
      [] that if he be not fully satisfied herein, or doubt that the rest of the associates shall not like of the delivery of them to her Majesty in this good manner []
    • 1851, Appleton's Mechanics' Magazine and Engineers' Journal[2], page 190:
      I also claim making the touguing hand-plane in such a manner as to enable the workman to make therewith tongues of various thicknesses, substantially, in the manner herein set forth, whereby I prevent the necessity of providing different tools to tongue planks of different thicknesses.
    • 1992, Ralph W. Wilkerson, Advances in Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning[3], page 53:
      The equational theories developed herein are ordinary conditional equational theories.
    • 2010, Carl Battle, Legal Forms for Everyone[4], page 192:
      Were you a party to any suit terminated within the year immediately preceding the filing of the original petition herein?
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Translations

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See also

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See also

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Here-, there-, and where- words

Anagrams

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Finnish

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Adjective

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herein

  1. superlative degree of hereä

Declension

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Inflection of herein (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
nominative herein hereimmät
genitive hereimmän hereimpien
hereinten
partitive hereintä hereimpiä
illative hereimpään hereimpiin
singular plural
nominative herein hereimmät
accusative nom. herein hereimmät
gen. hereimmän
genitive hereimmän hereimpien
hereinten
hereimpäin rare
partitive hereintä hereimpiä
inessive hereimmässä hereimmissä
elative hereimmästä hereimmistä
illative hereimpään hereimpiin
adessive hereimmällä hereimmillä
ablative hereimmältä hereimmiltä
allative hereimmälle hereimmille
essive hereimpänä hereimpinä
translative hereimmäksi hereimmiksi
abessive hereimmättä hereimmittä
instructive hereimmin
comitative hereimpine
Possessive forms of herein (Kotus type 36*H/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

Adjective

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herein

  1. instructive plural of hereä

German

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Etymology

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From her +‎ ein.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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herein

  1. in (in the direction of the speaker)
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Further reading

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  • herein” in Duden online
  • herein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache