dd
See also: Dd, DD, .dd, d.d., -dd, D.D., D&D, and ḏd
Translingual
Alternative forms
- (roman numeral): DD, M, m
Number
dd
- (informal) A Roman numeral representing one thousand (1000).
See also
- Previous: did (nine hundred and ninety-nine, 999)
- Next: ddi (one thousand and one, 1001)
English
Noun
dd
- day, in two-digit, numeric format, as in dd/mm/yyyy
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- d.d.
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of du da?, directly translated as "you then?".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʉːda/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʉːda
- Hyphenation: d‧d
Phrase
dd
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of du da? (“and you? what about you?”).
- jeg bare chiller, dd?
- I am just chilling, and you?
- jeg bare chiller, dd?
Usage notes
Usage is mostly by teenagers and youth online and in text messaging, most commonly combined with other initialisms from both Norwegian and English.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of dag (“day”), from Old Norse dagr (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn; warm, hot”) or *dʰeǵʰ- (“day”).
Alternative forms
- DD
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑːɡ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːɡ
- Hyphenation: dd
- Homophones: dag, DD
Noun
dd
- Abbreviation of dag (“day”), in a two-digit numeric format used for dates
- dd/mm/åååå ― dd/mm/yyyy
- Synonym: dag
Related terms
- ddmmåå, ddmmåååå, DDMMÅÅ, DDMMÅÅÅÅ, dd/mm/åå, dd/mm/åååå, DD/MM/ÅÅ, DD/MM/ÅÅÅÅ
See also
- mm, åå, åååå
Norwegian Nynorsk
Phrase
dd
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of du då?.
Swedish
Phrase
dd
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of du då? (“and you? what about you?”).
Usage notes
Is usually preceded by vgd
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ɛð/
- (informal) IPA(key): /ð(ː)/
Letter
dd (lower case, upper case Dd)
- The sixth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èdd and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by d and followed by e.
Usage notes
Like the other Welsh digraphs, dd is considered a distinct letter of the Welsh alphabet for all purposes, including collation. Thus, ddoe is alphabetically sorted after dydd.
Mutation
- dd cannot be mutated in Welsh.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies