a.D.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ad"

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a(ː)ˈdeː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: ade (possibly)

Phrase

a.D.

1. initialism of außer Dienst (“retired, no longer in active service”, for soldiers and civil servants)

   Oberstleutnant a.D. ― Lieutenant Colonel (ret)

Coordinate terms

• d.R. = der Reserve (soldiers in the reserve)
• i.R. = im Ruhestand (retired employees, entrepreneurs etc., sometimes also civil servants)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• AD

Etymology

First part short for anno from Latin annō, ablative of annus (“year; time”), from Proto-Italic *atnos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, from *h₂et- (“to go”).

Last part short for Domini from Latin Dominī, genitive singular of Dominus (“The Lord”), of dominus (“lord, master of a house”), from Proto-Italic *domanos, from Proto-Indo-European *domh₂nos (“subduing”), from *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.deː/, /ˈanːʊ.dʊˈmiːnɪ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eː, -iːnɪ
• Hyphenation: a.‧D.
• Homophones: anno Domini, AD

Phrase

a.D.

1. alternative spelling of AD

References

• “a.D.” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “a.D.” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “a.D. (anno Domini)” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• AD, ad, da