SPD

See also: spd

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Noun

SPD (countable and uncountable, plural SPDs)

1. (psychology) Initialism of schizoid personality disorder.
2. (psychology) Initialism of schizotypal personality disorder.
3. (psychology) Initialism of sadistic personality disorder.
4. (neuroscience) Initialism of sensory processing disorder.
5. Initialism of spectral power distribution.
6. (computing) Initialism of serial presence detect.
7. Initialism of summary plan description.
8. (electronics) Initialism of surge protective device (surge protector).
9. (medicine) Initialism of symphysis pubis dysfunction.

Proper noun

SPD

1. Shimano Pedaling Dynamics

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German SPD (“Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands”).

Proper noun

SPD

1. (German politics) Initialism of Social Democratic Party of Germany (“Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands”).
   • 2017 May, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine‎^[1]:

     Albrecht Lein reports that the core of the Braunschweig Antifa was made up of KPD and SPD members in their forties and fifties who had avoided the front, though Catholic workers’ organizations and other forces were also involved.

   • 2025 February 22, Sebastian Shukla, Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto, “Germany is holding a national election. Here’s what’s at stake”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     In a quirk of German politics, the governing coalitions are often given names. The previous coalition government, headed by the SPD (red), included the Green Party (green) and Liberal Party (yellow) - together they were known as the “traffic light” coalition.

Coordinate terms

Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands

• AfD
• CDU
• CSU
• FDP

Translations

Social Democratic Party of Germany

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社民黨 / 社民党 (Shèmíndǎng), 德國社民黨 / 德国社民党 (Déguó shèmíndǎng)

• German: SPD (de) f, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands f

Anagrams

• DPS, DPs, DSP, PDS, PDs, PSD, SDP

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʔɛs peː ˈdeː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

die SPD f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der SPD)

1. (German politics) SPD: initialism of Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (“Social Democratic Party of Germany”)

Declension

Declension of SPD [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	die	SPD
genitive	der	SPD
dative	der	SPD
accusative	die	SPD

Hypernyms

• Partei

Holonyms

• Ampelkoalition
• Kenia-Koalition

Coordinate terms

Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands

• AfD
• CDU
• CSU
• FDP

Descendants

• → English: SPD

Latin

Alternative forms

• S. P. D., s.p.d.

Phrase

SPD

1. (initialism) salutem plurimam dicit, an opening salutation in letters
2. (initialism) sub praesidio divino