dere

See also: derë, de re, and dərə

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dere, from Old English dæru, daru (“injury, hurt, harm, damage, calamity; loss, deprivation”), from Proto-West Germanic *daru, from Proto-Germanic *darō (“damage, injury”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂, from *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”).

Cognate with Middle Dutch dare, dere, Low German dere, Old High German tara, Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬭𐬁 (dārā), Sanskrit धारा (dhā́rā).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
• Homophones: dear, deer

Noun

dere (plural deres)

1. (UK dialectal) Hurt; harm; injury.

   She did him dere.

Etymology 2

From Middle English deren, derien, from Old English derian (“to damage, injure, hurt, harm”), from Proto-West Germanic *darjan (“to injure, harm”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Cognate with Scots dere, deir (“to harm, hurt, injure”), Saterland Frisian dera (“to injure, damage”), West Frisian deare, derre (“to harm, injure”), Dutch deren (“to injure, damage, scathe”), Middle High German tern (“to injure”). Related to dart.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
• Homophones: dear, deer

Verb

dere (third-person singular simple present deres, present participle dering, simple past and past participle dered)

1. (transitive, UK, archaic, dialectal) To hurt; harm; injure; wound.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To annoy, trouble, grieve.

Derived terms

• dering

Etymology 3

Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.

Alternative forms

• der

Pronunciation

• (African-American Vernacular, New York City) IPA^(key): /dɛː(ɹ)/
• (Ulster English) IPA^(key): /d̪ɛː(ɹ)/
• (Midlands) IPA^(key): /d̪ɛə(ɹ)/
• (rural areas of Scotland, rare) IPA^(key): /d̪iəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ), -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophone: dare (some accents)

Adverb

dere (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of there.

Interjection

dere

1. Pronunciation spelling of there.

Noun

dere (uncountable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of there.

Pronoun

dere

1. Pronunciation spelling of there.

Anagrams

• Eder, Rede, Reed, deer, dree, rede, reed

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛrɛ]

Verb

dere

1. third-person singular present of drát

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːrə

Verb

dere

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of deren

Middle English

Alternative forms

• deere, deore

Etymology

From Old English dīere, from Proto-West Germanic *diurī, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːr(ə)/

Adjective

dere

1. dear

Descendants

• English: dear
• Scots: dere, deir
• Yola: dear

References

• “dẹ̄re, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Norwegian dialectal dere, a variant of der, from Middle Norwegian *þiðr. Borrowed from Old East Norse iðʀ with added þ- from the verb ending in second person plural. Replaced older I (nominative) and eder (accusative).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːɾə/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eːrə

Pronoun

dere (objective case dere)

1. (personal) you (2nd person plural subject pronoun)

   Synonyms: I, eder

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Norwegian *þiðr, whence also der. Borrowed from Old East Norse iðʀ with added þ-, similar to þit from hafið it.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²deːɾə/, /ˈdeːɾə/

Pronoun

dere

1. (dialectal, South East Norway) objective case of de; alternative form of dykk (“you (plural)”)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

person	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	eg, je1	du		han	ho	det, dat2
accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom2	ho, henne2	det, dat2
dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom	henne	di2
genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
case	plural
nominative	me, vi	de, dokker			dei
accusative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		dei, deim2
dative	oss, okk	dykk, dokker	seg		deim2
genitive	vår, okkar	dykkar, dokkar	sin		deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Cursive forms unofficial today.

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dere (Cyrillic spelling дере)

1. third-person singular present of derati

Slovene

Verb

dere

1. third-person singular present of dreti

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دره (dere) itself borrowed from Persian دره (dare, “valley, crack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈɾe/
• Hyphenation: de‧re

Noun

dere

1. creek, small river
2. glen, basin, ravine (a long area of relatively low elevation, often having a stream bed at the bottom, surrounded by mountains or hills, usually smaller than a valley)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	dere
Definite accusative	dereyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dere	dereler
Definite accusative	dereyi	dereleri
Dative	dereye	derelere
Locative	derede	derelerde
Ablative	dereden	derelerden
Genitive	derenin	derelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular derem derelerim 2nd singular deren derelerin 3rd singular deresi dereleri 1st plural deremiz derelerimiz 2nd plural dereniz dereleriniz 3rd plural dereleri dereleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular deremi derelerimi 2nd singular dereni derelerini 3rd singular deresini derelerini 1st plural deremizi derelerimizi 2nd plural derenizi derelerinizi 3rd plural derelerini derelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular dereme derelerime 2nd singular derene derelerine 3rd singular deresine derelerine 1st plural deremize derelerimize 2nd plural derenize derelerinize 3rd plural derelerine derelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular deremde derelerimde 2nd singular derende derelerinde 3rd singular deresinde derelerinde 1st plural deremizde derelerimizde 2nd plural derenizde derelerinizde 3rd plural derelerinde derelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular deremden derelerimden 2nd singular derenden derelerinden 3rd singular deresinden derelerinden 1st plural deremizden derelerimizden 2nd plural derenizden derelerinizden 3rd plural derelerinden derelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular deremin derelerimin 2nd singular derenin derelerinin 3rd singular deresinin derelerinin 1st plural deremizin derelerimizin 2nd plural derenizin derelerinizin 3rd plural derelerinin derelerinin

Derived terms

• derebey
• dereyi görmeden paçaları sıvamak

 

References

• “dere”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Welsh

Alternative forms

• tyrd (North Wales)
• tyred (North Wales, literary)

Pronunciation

• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛrɛ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːrɛ/, /ˈdɛrɛ/

Verb

dere

1. (South Wales) second-person singular imperative of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dere	ddere	nere	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian دره (darre).

Noun

dere

1. valley