AfD

English

Alternative forms

• AFD

Etymology 1

German AfD

Proper noun

AfD

1. Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland), a right-wing German political party

Coordinate terms

Alternative für Deutschland

• CDU
• CSU
• FDP
• SPD

 

Translations

Alternative für Deutschland

• German: AfD (de) f, Alternative für Deutschland f

Etymology 2

Noun

AfD (countable and uncountable, plural AfDs)

1. (Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of articles for deletion.
   • 2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual, Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 374:

     When you nominate an article for deletion using the AfD process, you get to a point in the process where you have to give a reason.

   • 2008, P. Ayers, C. Matthews, B. Yates, How Wikipedia Works, San Francisco: No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 223:

     Anyone can discuss AfD nominations by simply going to the main AfD page and adding a signed comment with his or her opinion about whether to keep or delete the article being discussed

   • 2012, J. Schneider, A. Passant, S. Decker, “Deletion discussions in Wikipedia”, in Cliff Lampe, editor, WikiSym '12 (conference proceedings), New York: ACM, →ISBN:

     After 7 days, AfD discussions are reviewed by an uninvolved user or administrator who attempts to determine the consensus.

Anagrams

• F.D.A., ADF, DFA, FDA, fad, FAD, DAF, D.F.A., daf

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

AfD

1. (German politics) AfD: Initialism of Alternative für Deutschland (“right-wing German political party”, literally “Alternative for Germany”).

Hypernyms

• Partei

Coordinate terms

Alternative für Deutschland

• BIW
• CDU
• CSU
• FDP
• SPD

 

Derived terms

• AfDler

Descendants

• → English: AfD