LDK

German

Proper noun

LDK

  1. Lahn-Dill-Kreis, a district in Hesse, Germany

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English LDK, Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) initialism of living room +‎ dining room +‎ kitchen. By surface analysis, リビング (ribingu) +‎ ダイニングキッチン (dainingu kitchin), where リビング (ribingu), itself being an ellipsis of リビングルーム (ribingu rūmu, “living room”), while ダイニング (dainingu) is an ellipsis of ダイニングルーム (dainingu rūmu, “dining room”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) エルディーケー [èrú díí kéꜜè] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [e̞ɾɯ̟ dʲiː ke̞ː]

Noun

LDK(エルディーケー) • (eru-dī-kē) 

  1. (real estate) A house, apartment, etc. with a living room and either an eat-in kitchen or (less commonly) a kitchen and a dining room.
    3(さん) L(エル)D(ディー)K(ケー)のマンション
    san eru-dī-kē no manshon
    a condominium with three bedrooms, a living room and eat-in kitchen

Usage notes

Typically LDK follows a number, which indicates the number of bedrooms in the residence.

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