Derë

Derë is the Albanian word for door. It is a basic everyday noun used across Albanian-speaking regions, including Albania, Kosovo, and diaspora communities. The term denotes an opening that allows entry and exit between interior and exterior spaces and is employed for doors of buildings, rooms, vehicles, and other enclosures.

In standard Albanian orthography, derë carries the diacritic ë, and it follows regular noun inflection and compounding patterns. Common phrases include derë hyrëse (entrance door) and derë e shtëpisë (the door of the house), reflecting its role in describing specific types of doors and their functions. As a core element of daily language, derë appears in education, media, and everyday conversation, and is typically among the first nouns taught to language learners.

Beyond its literal sense, the word derë often serves in idiomatic and descriptive contexts within Albanian prose and speech, contributing to expressions about openings, thresholds, and access. Because of its ubiquity, it also appears in names of places or buildings in Albanian-speaking areas, where it conveys the familiar concept of an entryway.