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So **でねえ** is used in the following sentences in _Great Pretender [S01E01]_ as
a **negative command** and has been translated as such:

> **来るでねえ !**

> Dont come [closer] !

And here as:

> **ふざけるでねえ！**

> Stop messing around

  1. **What is it a contraction of ?**
  2. **What is the formality level in comparison to Verb+な and verb-ないでください ?**
  3. **What nuances does it carry ?**
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でねえ in anime - Negative Imperative?
This ～でねえ is a contraction of ～でない, which is an old-fashioned negative
imperative expression. ない changed to ねえ (/ai/-to-/ee/ contraction).

  * [何も言うでない ! meaning and origin](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/33807/5010)
  * [What is じゃねぇか? What is its original form?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/18454/5010)

Both ～でない and ～でねえ are used as part of stereotypical old-fashioned speech, but
their typical users are quite different. ～でない is used by pompous aristocrats
and royalty, whereas ～でねえ is dialectal and mostly used by rural farmers.

Basically, it's slightly less forcible than 来るな, but it's much stronger than
来ないで.
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