Save Type Country Usage Vietnamese Scripts 德(Vietnamese Chữ Nôm) Pronounced Pron. /ʔɗɨk̚˧˦/, /ʔɗɨk̚˦˧˥/, /ʔɗɨk̚˦˥/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sino-Vietnamese 德 (Đức), itself from Chinese 德國 (Déguó), ultimately from German deutsch. This is the Vietnamese name for Germany.