AfD
AfD proper noun: alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland), a right-wing German political party. Also the initialism of articles for deletion.
Proper noun
AfD
- Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland), a right-wing German political party.
- The country’s mainstream conservatives, as polls predicted, won the largest share of votes in Sunday’s election according to official preliminary results and will be looking to form the next government, while the AfD came in second.2025 February 24, Sophie Tanno, Nadine Schmidt, “Germany’s far-right may be frozen out of power, but the AfD is now a powerful force”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2025
Also used as
AfD is also the initialism of articles for deletion.
Forms of AfD
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | AFD |
| Noun | |
| plural | AfDs |
Origin of AfD
Borrowed from German AfD (“Alternative für Deutschland”).
Questions about AfD
- What does AfD mean?
- AfD means alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland), a right-wing German political party.
- What part of speech is AfD?
- AfD is a proper noun.
Words near AfD in the dictionary
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