DD
Translingual edit
Etymology 1 edit
Alternative forms edit
- DD, M
Number edit
DD
- (informal) A Roman numeral representing thousand (1000).
See also edit
- Previous: DID (999)
- Next: DDI (one thousand and one, 1001)
Etymology 2 edit
Symbol edit
DD
- (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for East Germany from 1974 to 1990.
- (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is in default, with little prospect of debt recovery.
- (clothing) Bra cup size.
Usage notes edit
- (East Germany): The code was deprecated in favour of DE on the reunification of Germany.
Coordinate terms edit
- (East Germany): DE (formerly West Germany)
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
DD (countable and uncountable, plural DDs)
- Initialism of designated driver.
- Initialism of discharged dead: official designation of a sailor killed in combat
- Initialism of direct debit.
- Initialism of deficit disorder.
- Initialism of doctor of divinity.
- (computing) Initialism of Debian developer.
- (sports) Initialism of degree of difficulty.
- (US, military, nautical) Abbreviation of destroyer, a type of warship.
- (automotive) Initialism of daily driver: a vehicle which is used for everyday commuting, unlike a weekend warrior / Sunday Funday vehicle.
- Initialism of dual diagnosis.
- Initialism of demand draft.
- (vulgar, in the plural) A breast of cup size DD.
- (Internet) Initialism of direct download.
- Initialism of decimal degrees. (decimalized instead of sexagesimal values for arcdegrees)
- Abbreviation of daddy dom in DD/LG kink.
- 2019, Cassandra Dee, Daddy's Pretty Baby: A DD/lg Forbidden Romance:
- ABOUT THIS BOOK […] Hey Readers – Warning: This is a sexy, over the top romance with two folks engaged in age play and the DD/lg lifestyle.
- Initialism of due diligence.
- Initialism of delivery date.
- Initialism of dear/darling daughter.
Proper noun edit
DD
Adjective edit
DD
- Initialism of developmentally disabled.
Alternative forms edit
- (Internet): DDL
Coordinate terms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Japanese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Short form of Norwegian dag (“day”), from Old Norse dagr (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /deːdeː/, /dɑːɡ/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː, -ɑːɡ
- Hyphenation: DD
- Homophones: dd, dag
Noun edit
DD
- Alternative spelling of dd
Related terms edit
- ddmmåå (“ddmmyy”), ddmmåååå (“ddmmyyyy”), DDMMÅÅ (“DDMMYY”), DDMMÅÅÅÅ (“DDMMYYYY”), dd/mm/åå (“dd/mm/yy”), dd/mm/åååå (“dd/mm/yyyy”), DD/MM/ÅÅ (“DD/MM/YY”), DD/MM/ÅÅÅÅ (“DD/MM/YYYY”)
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Short form of Norwegian datamangel (“data deficiency”), first part data (“data”) from Latin data, plural of datum (“gift, present”), neuter past participle of dō (“I give, offer”), from Proto-Italic *didō (“give”), from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti (“to be giving”), from *deh₃- (“give”). Last part mangel (“lack, absence, deficiency”) from German Mangel (“lack, deficiency”), from mangeln (“to lack”), from Old High German mangolōn, from Latin mancare.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /deːdeː/, /ˈdɑːtamaŋəl/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː, -əl
- Hyphenation: D‧D
- Homophones: dd, datamangel
Noun edit
DD
- (Norwegian Red List for Species) Abbreviation of datamangel (“data deficiency”).
Etymology 3 edit
Short form of Norwegian dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /deːdeː/, /ˈdɔbːəl.dɔbːəl/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː, -əl
- Hyphenation: D‧D
- Homophones: dd, dobbel-dobbel
Noun edit
DD
- (basketball) Abbreviation of dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”).
Etymology 4 edit
Short form of Norwegian D-dag and D-dagen ("D-Day"), both from English D-Day, where the D refers to the word dag (“day”), from Old Norse dagr (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn, to be illuminated”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /deːdeː/, /ˈdeːdɑːɡ/, /ˈdeːdɑːɡn̩/
Audio (file) Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː, -ɑːɡ, -ɑːɡn̩
- Hyphenation: D‧D
- Homophones: dd, D-dag, D-dagen
Noun edit
DD
- (figuratively) Abbreviation of D-dag (“D-Day”).
- (historical) Abbreviation of D-dagen (“D-Day”).
Etymology 5 edit
First initials of the name Donald Duck (“Donald Duck”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /deːdeː/, /ˈduːnɑl.dʉk/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː, -ʉk
- Hyphenation: D‧D
- Homophones: dd, Donald Duck
Proper noun edit
DD
- Initialism of Donald Duck.