DNS
German, noun[ˌdeːʔɛnˈʔɛs]
DNS is spelled D-N-S (3 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). DNS is a German noun meaning “initialism of Desoxyribonukleinsäure (DNA)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does DNS mean in English?
noun
- 1
initialism of Desoxyribonukleinsäure (DNA)
- 2
initialism of direkte numerische Simulation (procedure to calculate unsteady streaming processes)
- 3
initialism of Dinitrosalicylsäure
- 4
initialism of Dachverband der Nationalen Sammlung
- 5
initialism of Deutsche Normungsstrategie (strategic bias of the norming task)
- 6
initialism of Domain Name System
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Desoxyribonukleinsäure 2. Direkte Numerische Simulation 3. Domain Name System
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce DNS?
- [ˌdeːʔɛnˈʔɛs]
- [ˌdeːɛnˈʔɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to DNS
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is DNS in German?
DNS appears 4.7 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).