.de has quite amazing protections for a TLD, and if you forget to renew, it won't automatically lapse, but will be "in transit" for 2 weeks until you decide wha

.de has quite amazing protections for a TLD, and if you forget to renew, it won't automatically lapse, but will be "in transit" for 2 weeks until you decide what to do with it. Registrars also can't just change owner data, or move a domain between registrars easily, that requires a two-factor authentication.