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Translingual
Etymology 1
Number
DD
- (informal) A Roman numeral representing thousand (1000).
See also
Etymology 2
From German Deutsche Demokratische Republik.
Symbol
DD
- (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for East Germany from 1974 to 1990.
- Synonym: DDR (alpha-3)
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Etymology 3
Symbol
DD
- (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.
- (IUCN Red List) Abbreviation of data deficient.
- (medicine) Initialism of developmental disability.
English
Pronunciation
Noun
DD (countable and uncountable, plural DDs)
- Initialism of designated driver.
2024 August 6, Gena Kaufman, “33 Rainy-Day Date Ideas That Aren’t Another Movie”, in Glamour:Got a craft brewery, distillery, winery, in your area? See if they have any available tours or tastings that day, or make a day of hopping between them (just have Uber be your DD).
- 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.
- (military) Initialism of dishonorable discharge.
Proper noun
DD
- Abbreviation of Daman and Diu.
- Abbreviation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
- (India, broadcasting) Abbreviation of Doordarshan, a state public broadcaster of India.
Adjective
DD
- Initialism of developmentally disabled.
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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
DD • (dīdī)
- (often offensive, idol fandom) Short for 誰でも大好き (daredemo daisuki, “love everyone”).
- (Internet slang) Short for どっちもどっち (dotchi mo dotchi, “neither is great”).
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
Noun
DD
- Alternative spelling of dd
See also
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
Noun
DD
- (Norwegian Red List for Species) Abbreviation of datamangel (“data deficiency”).
Etymology 3
Short form of Norwegian dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”).
Pronunciation
Noun
DD
- (basketball) Abbreviation of dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”).
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
- (figuratively) Abbreviation of D-dag (“D-Day”).
- (historical) Abbreviation of D-dagen (“D-Day”).
Etymology 5
First initials of the name Donald Duck (“Donald Duck”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
DD
- Initialism of Donald Duck.