DI
German, noun
DI is spelled D-I (2 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written German, the 1,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). DI is a German noun meaning “initialism of Dipl.-Ing. (an abbreviation of Diplomingenieur or Diplomingenieurin.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Di. is a different word: “abbreviation of Dienstag "Tuesday"”.
What does DI mean in English?
noun
- 1
initialism of Dipl.-Ing. (an abbreviation of Diplomingenieur or Diplomingenieurin.)
prefix
- 1
di-
noun
- 1
abbreviation of Dienstag "Tuesday"
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Dienstag
abbreviation: 1. Dienstag
prefix: 1. auseinander, zwischen, zer-, un- 2. durch, hindurch, auseinander 3. zweimal, zweifach
abbreviation: 1. österreichisch: Diplomingenieur(in)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of DI
- Di. alternative
- dis- alternative
- dia- alternative
- Dipl.-Ing. variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to DI
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is DI in German?
DI appears 47 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).