dere

Also used as

dere is also the pronunciation spelling of there.

Synonyms of dere

• injury
• wound
• scath
• scathe
• lesion
• damage
• abuse
• bewound
• do damage to
• do for

Forms of dere

Origin of dere

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).

From Middle English deren, 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 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.

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

Words formed from dere

• dering

Words that rhyme with dere

• clear
• ear
• near
• smear
• gear
• year
• engineer
• rear
• shear
• sphere
• dear
• hear

Questions about dere

What does dere mean?

Dere means hurt; harm; injury.

What part of speech is dere?

Dere can be a noun or a verb.

How do you pronounce dere?

Dere is pronounced /dɪə/ (UK).

What is the plural of dere?

The plural of dere is deres.