Adverb

her

here, hither, ago

Komm mal bitte her!

Please come here for a moment!

Das ist schon lange her.

That was a long time ago.

((direction)) her to come from (direction) Come here from the house!

((time period)) her sein to be (time period) ago The concert was already a week ago.

Synonyms: hierher; Antonyms: hin

From Old High German 'hēra'. Cognate with English 'here'.

Think of 'her' as movement towards the speaker, like pulling something 'here'. The opposite, 'hin', is movement away.

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