DDR

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Translingual

Etymology

From German Deutsche Demokratische Republik.

Symbol

DDR

  1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for East Germany from 1974 to 1990.
    Synonym: DD (alpha-2)

Usage notes

The code was deprecated in favour of DEU on the reunification of Germany.

Coordinate terms

English

Pronunciation

Noun

DDR (countable and uncountable, plural DDRs)

  1. (electronics) Initialism of double data rate.
  2. (computing) Double-data-rate computer RAM.

Synonyms

  • (double data rate (computer)): 2DR

Hypernyms

computing
computing

See also

Proper noun

DDR

  1. (historical) East Germany (from German DDR, initialism of Deutsche Demokratische Republik)
  2. (video games) Initialism of Dance Dance Revolution.

Synonyms

  • (East Germany): GDR

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German DDR.

Proper noun

DDR

  1. Synonym of Østtyskland

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Pronunciation

Proper noun

DDR f

  1. Initialism of Duitse Democratische Republiek. (German Democratic Republic, GDR)

Finnish

Etymology

From German DDR (GDR), the German name of the state, abbreviated from Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeːˌdeːˌær/,

Proper noun

DDR

  1. GDR (German Democratic Republic, East Germany)

Declension

Synonyms

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

DDR f (proper noun, genitive DDR)

  1. (usually preceded by definite article, historical) Initialism of Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic, GDR)
    Coordinate term: BRD

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • DDR” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

Interjection

DDR

  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of Dia dár réiteach (Oh my god).

Swedish

Etymology

From German DDR, initialism of Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic).

Proper noun

DDR n (genitive DDR:s)

  1. Synonym of Östtyskland

Derived terms