I have just seen this sentence “Komm doch bitte mal schnell her”, which means “Please come over here quickly”
When do we write “hier” as “her”?
When do we write “hier” as “her”?
“Her” vs “hier”
RexV
June 2, 2019
Liss-Rocket-Languages-Tutor
June 24, 2019
Hallo RexV,
This can be a tricky thing for non-native German speakers to notice: it isn't the word hier "here" at the end of the sentence because this isn't actually a preposition. In this situation, the full verb is herkommen "to come here"; what you're seeing at the end of the sentence is the separable prefix her, rather than a preposition meaning "here."
I hope that this clears everything up!
Viel Spaß!
Liss
This can be a tricky thing for non-native German speakers to notice: it isn't the word hier "here" at the end of the sentence because this isn't actually a preposition. In this situation, the full verb is herkommen "to come here"; what you're seeing at the end of the sentence is the separable prefix her, rather than a preposition meaning "here."
I hope that this clears everything up!
Viel Spaß!
Liss