dere – English noun declension

English noun forms of dere

Noun: dere
Singulardere
Pluralderes

Sample Sentences

  • She did him dere.

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”).
2. Cognate with Middle Dutch dare, dere, Low German dere, Old High German tara, Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬭𐬁 (dārā), Sanskrit धारा (dhā́rā). See: Middle English Nouns 'dere', Old English Nouns 'dæru'.