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Was bedeutet die Abkürzung DDR?
- Dritter Deutscher Rundfunk
- Die Deutsche Republik
- Dritte Deutsche Republik
- Deutsche Demokratische Republik
Why this is the correct answer
DDR is the German abbreviation for Deutsche Demokratische Republik, which translates into English as German Democratic Republic. East Germany adopted this name in 1949, the same year West Germany was founded, though its democratic credentials were entirely nominal under one-party communist rule. The DDR ceased to exist on October 3, 1990, when it formally acceded to the Federal Republic.