.de
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| Introduced | 1986 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | DENIC |
| Sponsoring organization | None |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Germany |
| Actual use | Very popular in Germany |
| Registration restrictions | Must have administrative contact resident in Germany |
| Structure | May register at second level |
| Documents | |
| Dispute policies | DISPUTE-Entries |
| Web site | denic.de |
.de is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Federal Republic of Germany. DENIC (the Network Information Centre responsible for .de domains) does not require specific second-level domains, as it is the case with the .uk domain range for example.
The name is based on the first two letters of the German name for Germany (Deutschland).
.de is currently the most popular ccTLD in terms of number of registrations, and is second after .com among all TLDs.[1].
In Spanish, "de" is the genitive form (like "of" in English), so there are a lot of Spanish hosters that offer customized sites like elforo.de (the forum.of) or elblog.de (theblog.of), putting your name after it (example: elforo.de/wikipedia theforum.of/wikipedia).
The first point of registration for .de domains was at the Dortmund University Department of Computer Science. unido.de was the first registered .de-domain
.de registrations may be directly ordered from DENIC but it is faster and cheaper to do so via a DENIC member (registrar).
Registrations of internationalized domain names are also accepted (see details).
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