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

• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnə/

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• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnɚ/, [ɪ̃ɾ̃ɚ]

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• (South Asia) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnnə(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)
• Homophone: inter- (some dialects)

Adjective

inner (comparative (rare) innermore or (obsolete) inmore, superlative innermost or inmost)

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^[1], archived from the original on 28 July 2012:

     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 Asia
• inner automorphism
• inner bar
• innerbelt
• innerbrain
• Inner Brass
• 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 experience
• inner eye
• Inner Hebrides
• inner join
• Inner Kartli
• inner lips
• innerly
• inner man
• inner mantle
• inner marker
• inner mission
• Inner Mongolia
• innerness
• innernet
• 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 semidirect product
• inner Solar System
• innersole
• InnerSource
• inner source
• innerspring
• innerstanding
• inner strength
• inner table
• Inner Temple
• Inner Tibet
• inner trigram
• inner tube
• innertube
• inner voice
• innerwear
• innerweb
• Inner West
• inner workings
• innerworld
• Petersson inner product

Translations

being or occurring inside

• Arabic: داخلى m
• Armenian: ներքին (hy) (nerkʻin)
• Belarusian: уну́траны (be) (unútrany)
• Bulgarian: вътрешен (bg) (vătrešen)
• Catalan: interior (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內部 / 内部 (zh) (nèibù), 裡面 / 里面 (zh) (lǐmiàn), 內側 / 内侧 (zh) (nèicè)

• Czech: vnitřní (cs) m
• Dutch: binnen-, binnenste (nl)
• Esperanto: ena (eo), interna (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 Greek: ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós)

• Hindi: आंतरिक (hi) (āntrik), अंतः (hi) (antaḥ)
• 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)
• Tagalog: panloob
• Telugu: లోపలి (te) (lōpali)
• Turkish: iç (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç), داخل (dâhil)

• Ukrainian: вну́трішній (vnútrišnij)

close to the centre, located near or closer to center

• Esperanto: profunda
• Finnish: sisä- (fi) (near); sisempi (fi) (closer)
• Tagalog: panloob
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç), داخل (dâhil)

inside or closer to the inside of the body

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 體內 / 体内 (zh) (tǐnèi), 內側 / 内侧 (zh) (nèicè)

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

  Northern Kurdish: navî (ku)

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

  Ottoman Turkish: ایچ (iç), داخل (dâhil)

relating to the mind or spirit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內心 / 内心 (zh) (nèixīn), 精神 (zh), 心靈 / 心灵 (zh) (xīnlíng)

• Dutch: innerlijk (nl)
• Esperanto: anima
• Finnish: sisäinen (fi)
• Greek: εσώψυχος (el) (esópsychos)
• Spanish: interior (es)

not obvious, private

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 深層 / 深层 (zh) (shēncéng), 隱晦 / 隐晦 (zh) (yǐnhuì), 內在 / 内在 (zh) (nèizài), 本質 / 本质 (zh) (běnzhì)

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

more or most privileged, influential, exclusive

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 核心 (zh) (héxīn), 機密 / 机密 (zh) (jīmì), 內部 / 内部 (zh) (nèibù)

• 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 (vătrešnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內部 / 内部 (zh) (nèibù), 內側 / 内侧 (zh) (nèicè)

• Hindi: आंतरिक (hi) (āntrik)
• 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

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• 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/

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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^[2] (in German)
• “inner” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Adjective

inner

1. inner