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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>5</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2015-12-31</periodOfReport>

    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>1</form4TransactionsReported>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000915778</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DSP GROUP INC /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DSPG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001541321</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Dahan David</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>161 S. SAN ANTONIO ROAD, SUITE 10</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ALTOS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>VP and COO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2015-11-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value>L</value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>15937</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>38365</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The RSUs were acquired under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. 25% of the RSUs vest on the first year anniversary of the grant with the remainder vesting 6.25% quarterly thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The Form 4 filed by the reporting person on February 11, 2014, initially reported the RSUs in Table II. The reporting person did not report 4,250 RSUs that vested on February 10, 2015, 1,062 RSUs that vested on May 10, 2015, and 1,062 RSUs that vested on November 10, 2015, due to administrative error.  The Form 4/A filed by the reporting person on August 19, 2015, reported 1,063 RSUs that vested on August 10, 2015. 1,063 RSUs vested on February 10, 2016.  The remainder of the RSUs reported herein shall vest at a rate of 6.25% on each of May 10, 2016, August 10, 2016, November 10, 2016, February 10, 2017, May 10, 2017, August 10, 2017, November 10, 2017, and February 10, 2018.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents 1,241 shares outstanding, 2,313 vested RSUs, and 34,811 unvested RSUs.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David Dahan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-02-12</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
