DE

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Etymology

From German Deutschland.

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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)

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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.

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