KPD

See also: kpd

English

Etymology 1

Noun

KPD (plural KPDs)

1. (Australian rules football) Initialism of key position defender.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German KPD (“Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands”).

Proper noun

KPD

1. (German politics, historical) The Communist Party of Germany.
   • 2017 May, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 May 2022:

     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.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːpeˈdeː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

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

1. (history, politics) initialism of Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (“Communist Party of Germany”)

See also

• SED (successor in East Germany since 1946 after forced union with SPD)
• DKP (successor in West Germany since 1968 after ban of 1956)