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／德国 (Đức quốc), in turn contracted from Mandarin 德意志 (Déyìzhì, Đức Ý Chí) + 國／国 (quốc, “country”), from German deutsch (“German”, adjective) or Deutsch (“German language”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨk̚˦˥]
• Homophones: đức, đứt

Proper noun

Đức

1. a male given name from Chinese
2. Germany

   Đức Quốc Xã

   the Nazis

Adjective

Đức

1. German

See also

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