Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dering

/dˈɪɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: de-r-ing
IPA: /dˈɪɹɪŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of dere

name

Etymology

A patronymic from Dear or borrowed from German Dering.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Dering

Inflected Forms

Derings (plural)

Homonyms

deering dearing

Rhymes With

engineering appearing clearing steering cheering disappearing fearing pioneering interfering volunteering nearing gearing

Questions

How do you pronounce dering?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɪɹɪŋ/.
What does dering mean?: present participle and gerund of dere
Where does dering come from?: It is traced to German.

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