Adverbs of place

Adverbs of place express place in two ways. On one hand, they express a location/position (static) and on the other they express direction.

	Examples
place (static)	dort, draußen, oben, rechts, überall etc.

	Examples
direction	hierher, dorthin, weg, bergauf, hin etc.

her and hin

Adverbs her and hin express direction. The use of her implies movement towards the speaker, while the use of hin implies movement away from the speaker.

her	Examples
speaker <----------	Komm sofort her!
	Woher kommst du?
	Stell den Schrank hierher!

hin	Examples
speaker ---------->	Geh sofort hin!
	Wohin gehst du?
	Stell den Schrank dorthin!

Adverbs her and hin can function independently, they are, however, often used as a prefix to a separable verb.

separable verb	Examples
herkommen	Komm sofort her!
hingehen	Geh sofort hin!

They can also be connected with certain prepositions.

	Examples
her + preposition	herab, herauf, heraus, herunter, herüber, herein, heran, herbei, herum, hervor

	Examples
hin + preposition	hinab, hinauf, hinaus, hinunter, hinüber, hinein, hindurch

The adverbs that result from the combinations of hin and her that have been previously stated and denote direction, can function as prefixes to separable verbs.

separable verb	Examples
hereinkommen	Kommen Sie bitte herein!
hineingehen	Gehen Sie hinein!

When the adverbs of place hin and her are used figuratively, they do not indicate direction.

	Examples
figurative use	ein Buch herausgeben
	jemandes Fähigkeiten herabsetzen
	über jemanden herziehen