DE

The country code “de” is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 designation for the Federal Republic of Germany. Online it signals a German digital footprint: websites, government portals, e-mail addresses and location-based services that operate under German jurisdiction and data law.
Whether appended to a domain such as example.de or embedded in a URL path like location.de, the two-letter tag instantly tells users and search engines that the content originates inside Europe’s largest economy, is subject to the Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG) and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, and is almost always available in German. For businesses, a .de address boosts local SEO, builds consumer trust and satisfies legal requirements for an “imprint” (Impressum). For travellers, apps that append “de” to location queries return prices in euros, distances in kilometres and opening hours that follow German public-holiday calendars. In short, “de” is more than a technical suffix; it is a concise label for reliability, engineering precision and the regulatory thoroughness associated with Germany.
Hosts register once with an ELSTER-secure ID. Location.de then auto-files the federal Beherbergungs-meldeformular, calculates city-specific tourist tax (5 % in Berlin, 3 % in Cologne, 2 % in Munich), adds waste-disposal fees and generates a GDPR-compliant guest receipt in German and English.
Payments settle via instant SEPA within 24 h; liability insurance (€10 M) and property-damage cover (€1 M) are included in the 3 % commission. Dynamic-pricing engines watch trade-fair calendars (ITB, Oktoberfest, Gamescom) and suggest 30–70 % mark-ups during peak demand, but hard-cap increases to stay within Germany’s anti-gouging law.
Travellers filter by criteria that matter in Germany: “Ruhezone” hides flats above late-night Spätis mapped by official Lärmkarten; “dairy-free Bavaria” lists farm stays with EU-certified oat-milk breakfasts. Short-term bookings include a 48-hour free-cancellation window and QR-coded invoices accepted by every Finanzamt. Long-term renters can run Schufa-safe credit checks, upload salary statements encrypted end-to-end and receive a legally binding lease signed with a qualified electronic signature recognized in all 16 Länder.
Corporate accounts book at scale. Reserve 200 flex desks across Berlin’s Factory campus, rent a 500-seat event hall in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie or lease a zero-carbon warehouse near Frankfurt airport.
Invoices auto-split per cost centre, export to DATEV and SAP, and sync with travel-policy engines that flag rates exceeding federal allowances. An open REST API feeds live availability into DB Navigator, so train passengers see last-minute hotel alternatives before arrival.