deres

See also: Deres, de res, dere's, dereš, and Dereš

English

Verb

deres

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dere

Anagrams

• DEERS, Drees, Eders, Edser, Seder, deers, drees, redes, reeds, resed, seder

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥ɛɒ̯̽s]

Pronoun

deres (nominative de, objective dem)

1. their (3rd person plural, possessive)

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

Galician

Verb

deres

1. second-person singular future subjunctive of dar

Hungarian

Etymology

From dér (“frost”) +‎ -es (adjective-forming suffix). The historical sense “whipping bench” is from the sense of roan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛrɛʃ]
• Hyphenation: de‧res
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective

deres (comparative deresebb, superlative legderesebb)

1. frosty (covered with frost)
2. (literary, of hair) grizzled, gray-haired (streaked or mixed with grey)
3. (of an animal, especially a horse or a cattle) roan (having a coat of a grey base color with individual white hairs mixed in)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	deres	deresek
accusative	dereset	dereseket
dative	deresnek	dereseknek
instrumental	deressel	deresekkel
causal-final	deresért	deresekért
translative	deressé	deresekké
terminative	deresig	deresekig
essive-formal	deresként	deresekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	deresben	deresekben
superessive	deresen	dereseken
adessive	deresnél	dereseknél
illative	deresbe	deresekbe
sublative	deresre	deresekre
allative	dereshez	deresekhez
elative	deresből	deresekből
delative	deresről	deresekről
ablative	derestől	deresektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	deresé	dereseké
non-attributive possessive – plural	dereséi	deresekéi

Derived terms

• deresedik

Noun

deres (plural deresek)

1. (of an animal, especially of a horse or a cattle) roan (an animal that has a coat of a grey base color with individual white hairs mixed in)
2. (historical, in the era of serfdom) whipping bench (a low, wide, flat bench for flogging as punishment)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	deres	deresek
accusative	derest	dereseket
dative	deresnek	dereseknek
instrumental	deressel	deresekkel
causal-final	deresért	deresekért
translative	deressé	deresekké
terminative	deresig	deresekig
essive-formal	deresként	deresekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	deresben	deresekben
superessive	deresen	dereseken
adessive	deresnél	dereseknél
illative	deresbe	deresekbe
sublative	deresre	deresekre
allative	dereshez	deresekhez
elative	deresből	deresekből
delative	deresről	deresekről
ablative	derestől	deresektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	deresé	dereseké
non-attributive possessive – plural	dereséi	deresekéi

Possessive forms of deres

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	deresem	dereseim
2nd person sing.	deresed	dereseid
3rd person sing.	derese	deresei
1st person plural	deresünk	dereseink
2nd person plural	deresetek	dereseitek
3rd person plural	deresük	dereseik

Derived terms

Compound words

• almásderes
• borzderes
• derestörvény
• feketederes
• pejderes
• rézderes
• sárgaderes
• vasderes

Expressions

• deresre húz

Further reading

• deres in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• deres in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Middle English

Noun

deres

1. plural of dere (“harm”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

PIE word
*só

In the third-person sense “their”, from Old Norse þeira (“their”), the genitive plural of þeir (“they”), enlarged with the genitive ending -s. The Old Norse form continues Proto-Germanic *þaizǫ̂, the genitive plural of *sa (“that”), ultimately from the demonstrative paradigm of Proto-Indo-European *só (“that”), with oblique stem *tó-.

In the second-person sense “your”, analysed by Papazian as dere +‎ -s, a secondary genitive formed from the originally objective pronoun dere. See that entry for the disputed earlier development of the base.

For the third-person sense, compare Norwegian Nynorsk deira, Icelandic þeirra, Faroese teirra, Swedish deras, Danish deres and English their (“their”), the last borrowed from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²deːrəs/, [²deːɾəs]
• Rhymes: -eːrəs
• Homophone: Deres
• Hyphenation: de‧res

Determiner

deres (indeclinable)

1. your; belonging or relating to the people being addressed

   Dere har glemt bøkene deres. ― You have forgotten your books.

   • traditional, 1 Mos [Genesis]‎^[1], 2011 edition, Bibelselskapet, 45:19:

     Hent faren deres og kom hit!

     Bring your father and come here!

   • 1848, Conrad Nicolai Schwach, edited by Arild Stubhaug and Kamilla Aslaksen, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem: nedskrevne i Aaret 1848, Oslo: Ka forlag, published 2008, page 224:

     himlen vaage over Deres begges helbred og lykke!

     May heaven watch over your health and happiness, both of you!

   • 1936, Ingeborg Refling Hagen, Livets dans‎^[2], page 176:

     pass arbeidet deres

     Attend to your work.

   • 1998, Jon Ewo, Uten filter‎^[3], page 40:

     jeg var på deres alder

     I was your age.

2. their; belonging or relating to previously mentioned people, animals or things

   Jeg kjenner naboene og barna deres. ― I know the neighbours and their children.

   • 1867, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt‎^[4], published 1874, page 168:

     både troløs og margløs er mændenes færd; deres ånd har ej flugt, deres dåd ej vægt

     Both faithless and spineless is the conduct of men; their spirit has no flight, their deeds no weight.

   • 1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter‎^[5], page 17:

     det er noget stålsættende i dette at følge menneskene i deres kamp med elementerne

     There is something strengthening about following people in their struggle with the elements.

   • 1895, Henrik Ibsen, Lille Eyolf‎^[6], page 34:

     så følger [rottene] efter os. Både de voksne og småpuslingerne deres

     Then [the rats] follow us. Both the adults and their little ones.

   1. (archaic, proscribed) their own; referring back to the third-person plural subject of the same clause

      De tok av seg deres hatter. ― They took off their own hats.

      • 1829, Henrik Wergeland, “Hymne til Friheden”, in Herman Jæger, editor, Samlede Skrifter: trykt og utrykt‎^[7], volume I,1, Kristiania: Steenske Forlag, published 1918, page 197:

        Se, nu ligge Øerne spredte, som døde Igler,
        paa deres dovne Bølger!

        See, now the islands lie scattered, like dead leeches,
        on their sluggish waves!

      • 1846 May 8, Halfdan Kjerulf, “Letter to Hjalmar Kjerulf”, in Wladimir Moe, editor, Av hans efterlatte papirer 1831–1847‎^[8], Kristiania: Jacob Dybwads Forlag, published 1917, page 178:

        Gude og Rosenkrone have gjort deres Reise afhængig af min

        Gude and Rosenkrone have made their journey dependent on mine.

      • 1870, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “En mund-smag af min ven apotekerens mund-held”, in Digte og Sange‎^[9], København: Den Gyldendalske Boghandel (F. Hegel), page 142:

        de fattige ham frygter ej
        i deres sult og laser.

        The poor do not fear him
        in their hunger and rags.

      • 1880, Jonas Lie, Rutland‎^[10], page 18:

        skydsfolkene med deres rad af røde topluer sad henefter tofterne

        The boatmen, with their row of red caps, sat along the thwarts.

      • 1890, Amalie Skram, “S.G. Myre, VIII”, in Samlede Værker‎^[11], Mindeudgave edition, volume II, Kristiania and Kjøbenhavn, published 1912, page 240:

        agterud havde Ingeborg og Marthe deres plads

        Aft, Ingeborg and Marthe had their places.

      • 1896, Thomas Krag, Ada Wilde‎^[12], page 19:

        de [satt] alene og spiste deres vildt

        They [sat] alone and ate their game.

      • 1909, Henrik Ibsen, Efterladte Skrifter‎^[13], volume I, page 312:

        kunstnerinder og kvinder, som driver handel, søger at dølge deres køn

        Female artists and women engaged in trade seek to conceal their sex.

Usage notes

• Deres is indeclinable: the same form accompanies nouns of every gender and number, as in deres bil, deres hus and deres bøker.
• The noun normally takes its indefinite form when the possessive precedes it and its definite form when the possessive follows it: deres bil and bilen deres.
• In contemporary standard usage, possession referring back to a third-person subject within the same clause is normally expressed by sin, si, sitt or sine. Thus, De solgte huset sitt means “They sold their own house”. In De solgte huset deres, the house instead belongs to other people or to the people being addressed.
• This restriction does not apply to second-person deres: Dere solgte huset deres means “You sold your house”.
• Clause boundaries matter. In De fortalte at huset deres var solgt (“They said that their house had been sold”), deres can refer to the subject of the main clause; the subject of the subordinate clause is huset.
• The capitalized polite or honorific form is Deres. Ordinary plural address uses lowercase deres, except at the beginning of a sentence. Older quotations may follow different capitalization conventions.

Synonyms

• (your): (archaic) eders (“your (plural)”)

Related terms

• de (“they”)
• dere (“you (plural)”)
• Deres (“your; yours (polite or honorific)”)

Pronoun

deres (indeclinable)

1. yours; that which belongs to the people being addressed

   Er denne bilen deres, Anne og Per? ― Is this car yours, Anne and Per?

   • traditional, 1 Kor [First Corinthians]‎^[14], 1978/85 edition, Bibelselskapet, 3:22–23:

     alt er deres. Men dere hører Kristus til, og Kristus hører Gud til.

     Everything is yours. But you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

2. theirs; that which belongs to previously mentioned people, animals or things; someone belonging to their family or group

   Naboene har ny bil. Vår er eldre enn deres. ― The neighbours have a new car. Ours is older than theirs.

   • 1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kærlighedens komedie‎^[15], page 107:

     ja, lad dem gå; min vej er ikke deres

     Yes, let them go; my way is not theirs.

   • 1897, Tryggve Andersen, Samlede fortællinger‎^[16], volume I: I cancelliraadens dage, published 1916, page 100:

     værst var det for dem, naar en af deres laa paa lazarettet

     It was worst for them when one of theirs lay in the infirmary.

   • 2024, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Siste akt, page 34:

     […] tosomhet kan være så mangt, men at deres bare var god

     […] being a couple can mean many things, but that theirs was entirely good

See also

Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns

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

References

• “deres” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “deres” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Anagrams

• Deres, eders, Eders, redes, seder, sedre

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾiʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾɨʃ/

Verb

deres

1. second-person singular future subjunctive of dar