dere

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UK/dɪə//dɛː(ɹ)/English, Ulster/d̪ɛː(ɹ)/Midlands/d̪ɛə(ɹ)/

noun

Hurt; harm; injury.

“She did him dere.”

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injurywoundscathscathelesiondamageabuseannoy
OriginMiddle English dere ← Old English dæru ← Proto-West Germanic *daru →
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Meanings

dere1

noundere (plural deres)

plural deres

  1. dialectalobsoleteHurt; harm; injury.

    She did him dere.

    Synonyms: injury, wound, scath, scathe, lesion

dere2

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

present singular third person deres · participle present dering · participle past dered · past dered

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.

    Synonyms: damage, scathe, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, do damage to

  2. obsoletetransitiveTo annoy, trouble, grieve.

dere3

adverbdere (not comparable)

alternative der

  1. not comparablepronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of there.
interjection

alternative der

  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of there.
noundere (uncountable)

alternative der

  1. pronunciation spellinguncountablePronunciation spelling of there.
pronoun

alternative der

  1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of there.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounHurt; harm; injury.

Similar
injurywoundscathscathelesion

verbTo hurt; harm; injure; wound.

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Origin

dere · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰórh₃-eh₂
  2. Proto-Germanic*darō“damage, injury”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*daru
  4. Old Englishdæru
  5. Middle Englishdere
  6. Englishdere

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).

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dere · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰerh₃-“to leap, spring”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*darjan“to injure, harm”
  3. Old Englishderian“to damage, injure, hurt, harm”
  4. Middle Englishderen
  5. Englishdere

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.

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dere · adverb, interjection, noun, pronoun

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dere

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Sounds the same

deardeerdeardeerdare (some accents)dare (some accents)dare (some accents)dare (some accents)

Anagrams

reeddeerredeEderdree
Cite this entry
APA

dere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dere

MLA

“dere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dere. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dere,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dere.

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