dêem
Portuguese, verb
dêem is spelled D-Ê-E-M (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,991st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dêem is a Portuguese verb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of deem; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, deem is a different word: “third-person plural present subjunctive”.
What does dêem mean in English?
verb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of deem; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
third-person plural present subjunctive
- 2
third-person plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do plural do imperativo de dar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dêem
- dêem alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is dêem in Portuguese?
dêem appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).