Definitions

• v. To pester, annoy.
  

Languages of Origin

• Yiddish

Etymology

• דערגײן די יאָרן dergeyn di yorn, lit. 'to trample the years'
  

Who Uses This

• Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
• Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

Alternative Spellings

dergey di yoren, dergay di yorn, dergay di yoren