Laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) TÜV (Technischer Überwachungsverein ) ĭIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung ).Ī number of acronyms are imported from English:ĪIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) WG (Wohngemeinschaft ).Īcronyms are made out of initials, pronounced as words: LAG (der Lebensabschnittsgefährte / die Lebensabschnittsgefährtin ) MfG ('mit freundlichen Grüßen') VG ('viele Grüße'), LG ('liebe Grüße'). While German texters often use English abbreviations like OMG ('Oh, my God!'), SRY ('sorry'), or LOL ('lots of laughs' or 'laugh out loud'),īD ('bis dann') BF ('beste Freunde') HGW ('herzlichen Glückwunsch') ILD ('ich liebe dich') = HDL (' hab dich lieb') kA ('keine Ahnung') = kP ('kein Plan')

GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung ). NDR Radio is the info-radio with news every quarter hour, interest news features, and a lot more.ĪG (Aktiengesellschaft ) īGB (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch [ Civil Law Code) Į.V (eingetragener Verein ) LMU (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität ) ĪRD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland SED (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschland ) USC Mainz (Universitäts-Sportclub Mainz) Political Parties or Similar Organizational Entities:ĪDAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club) UdSSR (Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken) A few of many examples: Countries or International Federations: They retain the grammatical gender of their primary noun. These initialisms are written without periods and are pronounced just by their letters. Treated as if they were written separately. Several categories of abbreviation use only the initials of the various words in the original. Measurements of capacity in cooking can be uppercase: 3 TL Measurements are normally reduced to initials, written lowercase without periods.ģ0 Stundenkilometer (kilometers per hour) 250 km 2 Und andre, und andres, unter anderm, unter andern With the exception of 'usw.' each abbreviated word in the phrase is Here are just a few examples of standard abbreviations used in writing.

They are pronounced just like the full word.

The most common is a simple selection of a few letters intended to reduce the amount of written space.

Like English, German often shortens words or phrases for convenience, comic effect, or the production of other sorts of coinages.

Short abbreviations for words