NPD

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn piː diː/

Etymology 1

Noun

NPD (uncountable)

1. Initialism of narcissistic personality disorder.
2. Initialism of nonpayment of dues.
3. (business) Initialism of new product development.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German NPD (“Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands”).

Proper noun

NPD

1. (German politics) The National Democratic Party.
   • 2002 February 2, “German far-right holds march”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 22 November 2025:

     Over 2,000 police officers were on duty for the NPD march, which was allowed to go ahead on condition the demonstrators stayed out of the city centre and after two planned speakers were banned.

   • 2021 March 4, “Germany’s far-right AfD becomes first party to be put under government surveillance since Nazi era”, in CNN‎^[2], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 5 July 2024, sourced from Reuters:

     Four years ago, the German government failed to ban the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD), which had won a handful of seats in a number of regional state assemblies.

Anagrams

• DNP, DPN, NDP, PND

French

Alternative forms

• N.P.D., N. P. D.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn.pe.de/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Proper noun

NPD m

1. (Canada) NDP; initialism of Nouveau Parti démocratique (“New Democratic Party”)

See also

• PLC, PCC, BQ

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

NPD f (proper noun, genitive NPD)

1. (German politics) initialism of Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (“National Democratic Party of Germany”), former name of Die Heimat (“The Homeland”), a German neo-Nazi white nationalist political party.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German NPD (“Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands”).

Proper noun

NPD m

1. (German politics) La Patria (partido político); NPD.
   • 2025 July 7, Sophie Tanno, “Aumentan los llamados para prohibir al partido ultraderechista AfD en Alemania, pese a su creciente popularidad”, in CNN en Español‎^[3], archived from the original on 25 April 2026:

     Varios intentos —en 2003, 2016 y 2021— de prohibir al ultraderechista Partido Nacional Democrático de Alemania (NPD) fracasaron. Aunque en 2017 el tribunal reconoció abiertamente que el partido era inconstitucional, concluyó que no representaba una amenaza significativa para el orden constitucional. En enero de 2024, el tribunal aprobó congelar la financiación estatal del NPD por seis años.

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