DE

See also: Appendix:Variations of "de"

Translingual

Etymology

From German Deutschland.

Symbol

DE

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Germany since 1990.

   Synonym: DEU (alpha-3)

2. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for West Germany from 1974 to 1990.

   Synonym: DEU (alpha-3)

Coordinate terms

• DD (formerly East Germany)

English

Proper noun

DE

1. Abbreviation of Delaware, a state of the United States of America.

Noun

DE (countable and uncountable, plural DEs)

1. (computing) Initialism of desktop environment.
2. Initialism of diatomaceous earth.
3. (US, navy) Initialism of destroyer escort, a type of warship of the destroyer subtype, also called a frigate.
4. Initialism of differential equation.
5. Initialism of delayed ejaculation.

Translations

initialism of differential equation

• Finnish: DY
• German: DGL f, DGl f, Dgl f, Dgl. f
• Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see równanie różniczkowe n

Anagrams

• -ed, -èd, E.D., ED, Ed, Ed., ed, ed-, ed.