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Do.

German, noun

Do. is spelled D-O (2 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written German, the 2,298th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Do. is a German noun meaning “abbreviation of Donnerstag (“Thursday”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, do. is a different word: “abbreviation of donnerstags”.

What does Do. mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    abbreviation of Donnerstag (“Thursday”)

adverb

as do.
  1. 1

    abbreviation of donnerstags

  2. 2

    abbreviation of dortig

  3. 3

    abbreviation of dito

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

particle: 1. beim Solmisieren oder Solfeggieren benutzte Silbe zum Singen eines bestimmten Tons aus der Tonleiter

abbreviation: 1. Donnerstag 2. Doppel

abbreviation: 1. Donnerstag

abbreviation: 1. Dienstordnung 2. Disziplinarordnung 3. Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für Dortmund 4. österreichisches Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für den vorarlbergischen Bezirk Dornbirn ab 1988

abbreviation: 1. detto 2. dito 3. donnerstags 4. dortig

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 Do.

  • Do. alternative
  • – " – symbol
  • " symbol

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Do.

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Do. in German?

Do. appears 36 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).

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