FromMiddle English yonder yondre ȝondre ȝendre Old English ġeonre ( “ thither; yonder ” ,adverb ) , equivalent toyond ġeond Proto-Germanic *jainaz -er hither thither 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 ” ) ,[ 1] Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 ( jaindrē “ thither ” ) .[ 2]
yonder (notcomparable )
( archaic or dialect especially Cumbria , Southern US ) distant butindicated place .c. 1597 (date written),William Shakespeare , “The Merry Wiues of Windsor ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act II, scene i] , line149 :See whoyonder is.
1910 Emerson Hough , chapter I, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise , Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company ,→OCLC "A fine man, that Dunwody,yonder ," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there."
( archaic or dialect ) Synonym ofthither : to adistant butindicated place .They headed on overyonder .
in a distant, indicated place
Albanian:atje (sq) Arabic:هُنَاك ( hunāk ) ,هُنَالِك ( hunālik ) Bengali:সেথা (bn) ( śetha ) ,হোথা ( hōtha ) Breton:hont (br) ,ahont (br) Catalan:allà (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:（在）那邊 / （在）那边 (zh) ( (zài) nàbiān ) Cornish:hons enos en-hons Czech:onde (cs) ,tam (cs) Dutch:ginder (nl) Esperanto:(pleaseverify ) tie (eo) Estonian:taamal (et) Finnish:tuolla (fi) French:là-bas (fr) Georgian:იქით ( ikit ) German:dort drüben dort (de) ,drüben (de) Greek:Ancient Greek:ἐκεῖ ( ekeî ) Hungarian:amott (hu) Icelandic:þarna (is) Irish:ansiúd Italian:laggiù (it) Japanese:あそこに (ja) ( asoko ni ) ,彼方 (ja) ( kanata ) Korean:저편 (ko) ( jeopyeon ) Macedonian:о́нде ( ónde ) ,о́ндека ( óndeka ) Malay:sana (ms) ,di sana Maori:korā Mongolian:энэ хавьд ( ene xavʹd ) Ojibwe:iwidi Portuguese:além (pt) ,acolá (pt) Russian:вон та́м ( von tám ) ,там (ru) ( tam ) Scottish Gaelic:an siud Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:о́нде Roman:ónde (sh) Sicilian:ddassutta ddocu sutta Spanish:allá (es) ( less specific, somwhat like "over yonder" ) ,acullá (es) ( further than "allá" ) ,allí (es) ( more specific, somewhat like "in/right yonder" ) Tagalog:doon Turkish:orada (tr) Ukrainian:он (uk) ( on ) ,там (uk) ( tam ) ,отам ( otam ) ,онде ( onde ) ;тамо ( tamo ) ,оно ( ono ) ( colloquial ) Welsh:acw draw West Frisian:jinder
yonder (comparative moreyonder ,superlative mostyonder )
( archaic or dialect ) farther , themore distant oftwo choices .1834 L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon] , chapter XIII, inFrancesca Carrara. [ … ] , volume II, London:Richard Bentley , [ … ] Henry Colburn ),→OCLC page163 :"You have all necessary proofs in your possession, though you may not be aware of their existence," replied Arden; "will you allow me to openyonder box?"
yonder
( archaic or dialect , as an adjective) Who orwhich is overyonder ,usually distant but withinsight .c. 1591–1595 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act II, scene ii] :But ſoft, what light throughyonder window breaks?Iuliet is theSunne [ …] 1834 L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon] , chapter XIII, inFrancesca Carrara. [ … ] , volume II, London:Richard Bentley , [ … ] Henry Colburn ),→OCLC page163 :"You have all necessary proofs in your possession, though you may not be aware of their existence," replied Arden; "will you allow me to openyonder box?"
2006 Cécile Corbel , “Siúil a Ruin”, inSongbook 1 [2] Cécile Corbel , Brittany:Keltia Musique :I wish I were onyonder hill
( archaic or dialect , as a pronoun) One who orwhich is overyonder ,usually distant but withinsight .Theyonder is Queen Niobe.
( distant but within sight ) : yon distant but within sight
Albanian:atje (sq) Breton:hont (br) Catalan:aquell (ca) m aquella (ca) f Cornish:enos Finnish:tuo (fi) French:là-bas (fr) Gothic:𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 ( jains ) Greek:Ancient Greek:ἐκεῖνος ( ekeînos ) ,κεῖνος ( keînos ) ( in verse ) Japanese:あの (ja) ( ano ) Korean:그 (ko) ( geu ) ,그것 (ko) ( geugeot ) Macedonian:о́нде ( ónde ) ,о́ндека ( óndeka ) ,оној ( onoj ) Portuguese:aquele (pt) m aquela (pt) f aquilo (pt) n Russian:вон то́т m ( von tót ) ,вон та́ f ( von tá ) ,вон то́ n ( von tó ) ,вон те́ pl ( von té ) Spanish:aquel (es) m aquella (es) f Turkish:oradaki Welsh:acw
yonder (plural yonders
( literary ) vast distance ,particularly thesky ortrackless forest . ^ https://www.dwds.de/wb/dwb/jener ^ “yonder,adv., adj., pron., & n. ”, inOED Online Oxford University Press ,1921 . ^ Stanley, Oma (1937 ) “I. Vowel Sounds in Stressed Syllables”, inThe Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2),New York :Columbia University Press ,→DOI →ISBN § 7 , page18 ^ Bingham, Caleb (1808 ) “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, inThe Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book [ ] [1] Boston : Manning & Loring,→OCLC page77 
, Oxford:Oxford University Press,1921.