dandere
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ダンデレ (dandere), a portmanteau of 黙り (danmari, “keeping completely silent”), emphatic noun form of verb 黙る (damaru, “to be silent”), and デレデレ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).[1]
Noun
dandere (plural dandere or danderes)
- (chiefly Japanese fiction) A character archetype who stays silent, not expressing their feelings.
- 2017, Luca Paolo Bruno, "Grand Narratives Blossom still: Character database and political narratives in the Muv Luv franchise", thesis submitted to Ca' Foscari University of Venice, page 13:
- A tsundere-type character will engender a hostile on the outside but sweet on the inside reaction towards the player, while a dandere will show little to know emotion except for subtle displays of affection.
- 2019, Samneang Peo, "Visual Development Of A Visual Novel: Visual Storytelling in an Interactive Game", thesis submitted to South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, page 12:
- The kuudere and dandere characters have more reserved personalities, hence those qualities are also reflected in their designs.
- 2022, Christopher B. Patterson, "Making Queer Asiatic Worlds: Performance and Racial Interaction in North American Visual Novels", American Literature, Volume 94, Number 1, March 2022:
- Then there is Yuri, the blue oni to Natsuki’s red oni, who is shy, cute, and literary but hides a maddening love for the player; she is the archetypical dandere character thought to emerge from the blue-haired Rei Ayanami of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion […]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:dandere.
- 2017, Luca Paolo Bruno, "Grand Narratives Blossom still: Character database and political narratives in the Muv Luv franchise", thesis submitted to Ca' Foscari University of Venice, page 13:
Related terms
- kamidere, kuudere, tsundere, yandere
References
- “Tsundere, Yandere, Kuudere, Dandere - Meaning”, in Japanese with Anime, 21 July 2016, Dandere ダンデレ
Anagrams
- DeAndre, Deandre, dearned, dreaden
Danish
Etymology
From French dandiner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɑŋˈdeˀʌ]
Verb
dandere (imperative dander, infinitive at dandere, present tense danderer, past tense danderede, perfect tense danderet)
- to dander (wander about)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dandere
| Active | Passive | |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | dandere | danderes |
| Present tense | danderer | danderes |
| Past tense | danderede | danderedes |
| Imperative | dander | - |
| Participle | ||
| Present | danderende | |
| Past | danderet | |
| Gerund | danderen | |
References
- “dandere” in Den Danske Ordbog