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079Matching three letters correctly

FDP means Free Democratic Party.

Here F belongs to Freie, D to Demokratische and P to Partei. None of the other three phrases is the official name.

About 4 min readReviewed: 19 October 2026
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FDP · Federal statutesSection 1 · May 2026 version
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The short answer

Free Democratic Party.

The federal statutes state the name Freie Demokratische Partei and the abbreviation FDP. The correct answer reproduces those three words.

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What does the abbreviation FDP mean in Germany?

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Distinguish a name from a political description.

Adjectives such as free, peaceful or leading may appear in political texts. For this abbreviation, however, the established name matters. Only “Freie Demokratische Partei” fits.

As in CDU, D stands for “Demokratische”. Unlike SPD, FDP does not end in “Deutschlands”. Comparing the names helps avoid mixing up similar abbreviations.

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The other three answers

Small changes to the words make the alternatives incorrect.

Peaceful Demonstrative Party

“Friedliche Demonstrative Partei” replaces two parts of the name. The words are Freie and Demokratische.

Free Germany Party

“Deutschland” is not the middle word. D in FDP stands for Demokratische.

Leading Democratic Party

“Führende” is not the F in the official name. The first word is Freie.

The party name does not depend on one parliamentary term.

A party and a Bundestag parliamentary group are different things. Whether a party is currently represented in the Bundestag does not automatically change its name or abbreviation.

This explanation neutrally matches letters to words. It makes no statement about which party anyone should vote for.

Section 1 · May 2026 version · FDP · Federal statutes ↗
Your memory cue

Free – democratic – party: FDP.

The official German name uses the forms Freie and Demokratische.

Three words for this question

freifree
The base word for the first part of the name, Freie.
die Satzungstatutes
An organisation's written basic rules.
die Kurzbezeichnungshort name
The officially used abbreviated form of a name.
FDP · Bundessatzung, Mai 2026 ↗

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An independently written study guide, not an official BAMF publication or advice for an individual case. The sources below were reviewed on 19 October 2026 for the claims explained here; the test question comes from the existing question bank.

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