d. i.
The verdict
“d. i.” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das ist, vor allem in philosophischen Texten gleichbedeutend mit d. h.
Corpus desk
Index DE-d-i · d. i. · German
d. i. · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | d. i. |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „d. i.“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
d. i. is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "das ist, vor allem in philosophischen Texten gleichbedeutend mit d. h.".
d. i. doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is d. i., spelled D-.- -I-..
Definition
- 1das ist, vor allem in philosophischen Texten gleichbedeutend mit d. h.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how d. i. appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Internet d. i. Kommunikation.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.