1. GDR - Noun
2. GDR - Proper noun
GDR (plural GDRs)
(banking) Initialism of Global Depositary Receipt.
GDR
(history) Initialism of German Democratic Republic (“East Germany”).
Synonyms: DDR, East Germany
According to German historian Jürgen Kocka (2010): :Conceptualizing the GDR as a dictatorship has become widely accepted, while the meaning of the concept dictatorship varies. Source: Internet
A bronze scepter or wand has been discovered at Atsbi Dera with in inscription mentioning "GDR of Axum". Source: Internet
After World War II and over the whole GDR period, housing shortages remained a problem even though the government started a big apartment construction programme. Source: Internet
Although the GDR had to pay substantial war reparations to the USSR, it became the most successful economy in the Eastern Bloc. Source: Internet
Between the ‘outer border wall’ facing west and the ‘inner border wall’ facing east was the brightly- lit notorious ‘death strip’, with the ‘patrol path’, on which GDR (German Democratic Republic) border troops guarded the frontier. Source: Internet
After 1945, the companies were nationalized by the GDR government, which led to the decline of some of them. Source: Internet