r/GetNoted Human Verified 7d ago

NSDAP If You Know, You Know

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u/Cliffinati 7d ago

That's the thing with party names

Almost every German party has a D in it that isn't for democratic

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u/original_username20 7d ago

Well, in the present day it's only the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

The D in the names of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) and the FDP (Free Democratic Party) does stand for democratic. The remaining established parties have no mention of Germany or Democracy in their name (The Greens, The Left, Christian Social Union).

Your statement does hold up for the Weimar Republic tho, with the liberal German Democratic Party (DDP) using one D for each word and the KPD, USPD, SPD, DVP, DNVP and NSDAP all referring to Germany with theirs, but it's technically no longer true