inner

See also: Inner

English

Etymology

From Middle English inner, ynner, ynnere, from Old English innera, comparative of inne (“within”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnɚ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)

Adjective

inner (not generally comparable, comparative innermore, superlative innermost)

1. Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.

   inner door;  inner room;  inner sanctum;  inner surface

   • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

     As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.

2. Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.

   the inner suburbs

3. Inside or closer to the inside of the body.

   inner ear

4. Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.

   inner confidence;  inner strength;  inner life;  inner child;  inner artist;  inner peace;  inner light

   • 1973, John Lennon, Out the Blue:

     I will try to express. My inner feeling and thankfulness. For showing me the meaning of success

   • 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:

     Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”

5. Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.

   inner meaning;  inner resources;  inner logic

6. Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.

   inner circle;  inner council

   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     Mother […] considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.

Synonyms

• interior
• internal

Antonyms

• outer

Derived terms

• become one with one's inner self
• inner automorphism
• inner bar
• inner cabinet
• inner cell mass
• inner child
• inner chimp
• inner circle
• inner-city
• inner city
• inner class
• inner core
• inner critic
• inner diameter
• inner-directed
• inner ear
• inner emigration
• inner eye
• inner join
• inner lips
• innerly
• inner man
• inner marker
• inner mission
• innerness
• inner Oort Cloud
• inner orbital complex
• inner peace
• inner planet
• inner-platform effect
• inner product
• inner product space
• inner regular
• inner salt
• inner sanctum
• inner Solar System
• inner source
• innerstanding
• inner strength
• inner trigram
• inner tube
• inner voice
• Inner West
• inner workings
• Petersson inner product

 

Translations

being or occurring inside

• Arabic: داخلى m
• Armenian: ներքին (hy) (nerkʻin)
• Belarusian: уну́траны (be) (unútrany)
• Bulgarian: вътрешен (bg) (vǎtrešen)
• Catalan: interior (ca)
• Czech: vnitřní (cs) m
• Dutch: binnen-, binnenste (nl)
• Esperanto: ena (eo)
• Even: дог (dog)
• Evenki: догу (dogu)
• Finnish: sisäpuolinen, sisä- (fi) (inside); sisempi (fi) (farther inside)
• French: intérieur (fr)
• Georgian: შიდა (šida)
• German: inner (de)
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌼𐌰 (innuma)
• Greek: εσωτερικός (el) (esoterikós)

  Ancient: ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós)

• Hungarian: belső (hu), benti (hu)
• Italian: interno (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: navî (ku)

• Latin: penitus
• Manchu: ᡩᠣᡵᡤᡳ (dorgi)
• Mongolian: дотоод (mn) (dotood)
• Nanai: довой (dowoj)
• Occitan: interior (oc)
• Polish: wewnętrzny (pl)
• Portuguese: interno (pt), interior (pt)
• Romanian: intern (ro), interior (ro), lăuntric (ro)
• Russian: вну́тренний (ru) (vnútrennij)
• Spanish: interior (es)
• Swedish: inre (sv)
• Telugu: లోపలి (te) (lōpali)
• Turkish: iç (tr)
• Ukrainian: вну́трішній (vnútrišnij)

close to the centre, located near or closer to center

• Esperanto: profunda (eo)
• Finnish: sisä- (fi) (near); sisempi (fi) (closer)

inside or closer to the inside of the body

• Dutch: binnen-, inwendig (nl)
• Finnish: sisä- (fi)
• French: interne (fr), intérieur (fr)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: navî (ku)

• Spanish: interno (es), interior (es)

relating to the mind or spirit

• Dutch: innerlijk (nl)
• Esperanto: anima
• Finnish: sisäinen (fi)
• Spanish: interior (es)

not obvious, private

• Dutch: verborgen (nl)
• Finnish: syvempi (fi), sisäinen (fi)

more or most privileged, influential, exclusive

• Finnish: sisä- (fi), sisäpiiri-

Noun

inner (plural inners)

1. An inner part.
2. (South Africa) A duvet, excluding the cover.
3. A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
4. (cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
5. (UK politics) One who supports remaining in the European Union.
6. (military, firearms) The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “One who supports remaining in the EU”): outer

Translations

inner part

• Bulgarian: вътрешност (bg) f (vǎtrešnost)
• Italian: interno (it) m
• Spanish: interior (es) m

See also

• breaker-inner
• sit-inner
• swim-inner

 

Anagrams

• niner, renin

Dutch

Etymology

From innen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: in‧ner

Noun

inner m (plural inners, diminutive innertje n)

1. collector (of taxes)

Derived terms

• belastinginner

German

Etymology 1

From Old High German innar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

inner (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular innerer, no comparative, strong superlative nominative masculine singular innerster)

1. inner

   Antonym: äußer-

   Das größte innerstädtische Einkaufszentrum in Deutschland. ― The largest inner city shopping center in Germany.

   Dies ist der innere Ring, nicht der äußere Ring. ― This is the inner ring road, not the outer one.

   Der innere Kreis und der äußere Kreis. ― The inner circle and the outer circle.

Declension

Positive forms of inner (uncomparable, no predicate)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		—	—	—	—
strong declension (without article)	nominative	innerer	innere	inneres	innere
	genitive	inneren	innerer	inneren	innerer
	dative	innerem	innerer	innerem	inneren
	accusative	inneren	innere	inneres	innere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der innere	die innere	das innere	die inneren
	genitive	des inneren	der inneren	des inneren	der inneren
	dative	dem inneren	der inneren	dem inneren	den inneren
	accusative	den inneren	die innere	das innere	die inneren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein innerer	eine innere	ein inneres	(keine) inneren
	genitive	eines inneren	einer inneren	eines inneren	(keiner) inneren
	dative	einem inneren	einer inneren	einem inneren	(keinen) inneren
	accusative	einen inneren	eine innere	ein inneres	(keine) inneren

Superlative forms of inner (uncomparable, no predicate)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		—	—	—	—
strong declension (without article)	nominative	innerster	innerste	innerstes	innerste
	genitive	innersten	innerster	innersten	innerster
	dative	innerstem	innerster	innerstem	innersten
	accusative	innersten	innerste	innerstes	innerste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der innerste	die innerste	das innerste	die innersten
	genitive	des innersten	der innersten	des innersten	der innersten
	dative	dem innersten	der innersten	dem innersten	den innersten
	accusative	den innersten	die innerste	das innerste	die innersten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein innerster	eine innerste	ein innerstes	(keine) innersten
	genitive	eines innersten	einer innersten	eines innersten	(keiner) innersten
	dative	einem innersten	einer innersten	einem innersten	(keinen) innersten
	accusative	einen innersten	eine innerste	ein innerstes	(keine) innersten

Derived terms

• Inneres
• innerlich

Related terms

• zuinnerst

Preposition

inner [with dative]

1. within

   Synonyms: innert, innerhalb

Etymology 2

Contraction of in der

Contraction

inner f

1. (colloquial) in the

Further reading

• “inner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “inner” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German innar. Compare German inner, English inner.

Adjective

inner

1. inner