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de-¹

  • /dɛ/ stressed
  • /diː/ stressed
  • /də/ unstressed
  • /dɪ/ unstressed

Where it comes from

From Latin dē-, from the preposition dē (“of”, “from”). For sense development, compare Old English æf-, which was a similar prefix.

prefix

  1. morpheme reversal, undoing de- + couple → decouple

    Similar: un-, dis-, in-

  2. morpheme to remove from, removed de- + bus → debus

    Similar: des-, un-

  3. morpheme Intensifying de- + fraud → defraud
  4. morpheme derived from, of de- + substantival → desubstantival
  5. morpheme down, downward de- + scando → descend

Similar: off-, out-, ab-, apo-, away, off · Opposite: re-, em-

De-²

prefix

  1. US, morpheme Unisex prefix used in African-American given names. De- + Shawna → DeShawna

Thesaurus

prefix

Similar: off-, out-, ab-, apo-, away, off · Opposite: re-, em-

Translations

Every language

prefix reversal, undoing or removing

Españolde-, des-
한국어비 bi, 탈 tal
日本語非- hi-, 脱- datsu-, 逆- saka-
中文去- qù-
Portuguêsde-, dis-, des-
Françaisdé-
Deutschent-, de-
Italianodis-, de-
Ελληνικάαπο- apo-
Românăde-, des-, dez-
Русскийде- de-
Tiếng Việtphi
עבריתדֵּה־ de-

prefix intensify

Españolde-
Italianode-
Românărăs-, răz-

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MLA

"de-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/de-. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

de-. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/de-

Chicago

"de-." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/de-.

BibTeX
@misc{de_2026,
  title = {de-},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/de-},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}