AfD

English

Alternative forms

• AFD

Etymology 1

Borrowed from 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, a process on the English Wikipedia for deleting articles through discussion.
   • 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.

   • 2022 November 16, Elisabeth Joyce, Pinar Oztoruk, Jacqueline C. Pike, “Effective Organizing on the Fly: Social Capital in Temporary Organizations”, in Journal of Copmuter Information Systems, volume 63, number 5, Taylor & Francis, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 1213-1227:

     Intra-organizational social capital was measured with the variable Experienced Participant Early Intervention. This variable was created through the identification of the most active participants in the AfDs and whether they contributed within the first 48 hours of the deliberation.

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