DD
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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
- (East Germany): The code was deprecated in favour of DE on the reunification of Germany.
Coordinate terms
- (East Germany): DE (formerly West Germany)
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdiː ˈdiː/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
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
DD
- Abbreviation of Daman and Diu.
- Abbreviation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Alternative forms
- (Internet): DDL
Japanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dʲiːdʲiː]
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
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
Related terms
- 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”)
Etymology 2
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
- IPA(key): /deːdeː/, /ˈdɑːtamaŋəl/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː, -əl
- Hyphenation: D‧D
- Homophones: dd, datamangel
Etymology 3
Short form of Norwegian dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deːdeː/, /ˈdɔbːəl.dɔbːəl/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː, -əl
- Hyphenation: D‧D
- Homophones: dd, dobbel-dobbel
Etymology 4
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
Noun
DD
Etymology 5
First initials of the name Donald Duck (“Donald Duck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deːdeː/, /ˈduːnɑl.dʉk/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eː, -ʉk
- Hyphenation: D‧D
- Homophones: dd, Donald Duck