a.D.
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ad"
German
Pronunciation
Phrase
a.D.
- Initialism of außer Dienst (“retired, no longer in active service”, for soldiers and civil servants).
- Oberstleutnant a.D. ― Lieutenant Colonel (ret)
Coordinate terms
- d.R. = der Reserve (soldiers in the reserve)
- i.R. = im Ruhestand (retired employees, entrepreneurs etc., sometimes also civil servants)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
First part short for anno from Latin annō, ablative of annus (“year; time”), from Proto-Italic *atnos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, from *h₂et- (“to go”).
Last part short for Domini from Latin Dominī, genitive singular of Dominus (“The Lord”), of dominus (“lord, master of a house”), from Proto-Italic *domanos, from Proto-Indo-European *domh₂nos (“subduing”), from *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑː.deː/, /ˈanːʊ.dʊˈmiːnɪ/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eː, -iːnɪ
- Hyphenation: a.‧D.
- Homophones: anno Domini, AD
Phrase
a.D.
- Alternative spelling of AD
References
- “a.D.” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “a.D.” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “a.D. (anno Domini)” in Store norske leksikon