| direkte Rede | direct speech |
| indirekte Rede | indirect speech reported speech |
| Direktrice | manageress |
| Direktorium | board of directors |
| Direktive | directive |
| Direktor | manager director headmaster principal senior vice president |
| Direktorin | headmistress director manager |
| Direktflug | direct flight |
| Direktverkauf | outlet |
| direktes Objekt | direct object |
| Direktion | administration department |
| direkt | direct |
| direktional | directional |
| direktiv | directive |
| dirigieren | conduct |
| dirimieren | adjudicate |
| Elektrode | electrode |
| defektieren | defect |
| delektieren | disport |
| detektieren | detect |