"CDU" meaning in German

See CDU in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: De-CDU.ogg , De-CDU2.ogg Forms: die CDU [canonical, feminine], der CDU [definite, genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], CDU [definite, nominative, singular], CDU [definite, genitive, singular], CDU [dative, definite, singular], CDU [accusative, definite, singular]
Head templates: {{de-proper noun|f.article}} die CDU f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der CDU) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f.sg.article}}
  1. (German politics) CDU: initialism of Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (“Christian Democratic Union of Germany”) Tags: German, definite, proper-noun, usually Hypernyms: Partei Derived forms: CDUler, CxU Related terms: JU, Schwarzgeldaffäre Coordinate_terms (Christlich Demokratische Union): AfD, CSU, FDP, SPD
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        },
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          "sense": "Christlich Demokratische Union",
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              32,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 December 7, Uta Schleiermacher, “Rede von Michel Friedman: „Mit leuchtenden Augen für die Demokratie“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2026:",
          "text": "Michel Friedman kritisierte die CDU dafür. „Vielleicht ärgern sich die Damen und Herren, dass wir es sind, die heute Walter Lübcke ein Andenken geben, was sie schon seit Langem in großer Öffentlichkeit, auch in Berlin, hätten tun können“, sagte er.",
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "JU"
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    {
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