Đức

See also: đức, đực, duc, and dục

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 德, from Middle Chinese 德 (tok). As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 德國 (Đức quốc), in turn contracted from Mandarin 德意志 (Déyìzhì, Đức Ý Chí) + 國 (quốc, “country”), from German deutsch (“German”, adjective) or Deutsch (“German language”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˦˥]
Homophones: đức, đứt

Proper noun

A male given name
Germany
Đức Quốc Xã
the Nazis

Adjective

German

See also

Cộng hoà Liên bang Đức (“Federal Republic of Germany”)

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