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DDR

American  

abbreviation

  1. German Democratic Republic: official name of East Germany.


DDR British  

abbreviation

  1. Deutsche Demokratische Republik (the former East Germany; GDR)

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Etymology

Origin of DDR

From German D(eutsche) D(emokratische) R(epublik)

Example Sentences

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ASML’s Fouquet said customers are ramping up to meet very tight supply both for HBM as well as the DDR chips that are used in PCs and laptops.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

This puts memory demand from Nvidia servers into direct competition with high-end smartphone makers, which use the same DDR chips.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

"Playing DDR is always fun for me," he told BBC News, "so this challenge was best described as tediously joyful".

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

Like Hans, she seems hugely invested in the “tired old state” of the DDR.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Shuttered, too, was the DDR Museum located beneath the hotel, devoted to depicting daily life in the defunct communist German Democratic Republic.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2022