DGB

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

DGB

1. (US politics, historical) Initialism of Disinformation Governance Board.
   • 2022 May 5, Helen Raleigh, “Biden's disinformation board is authoritarian and reminds me of my life in China”, in Fox News‎^[1]:

     The vaguely defined roles and authorities of DGB have alarmed Americans, and many see the agency as the "Ministry of Truth" that George Orwell warned us about in his dystopian novel "1984."

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German DGB (“Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund”).

Proper noun

DGB

1. The German Trade Union Confederation.
   • 2021 September 24, Laura Smith-Spark, James Frater, Saskya Vandoorne, Livia Borghese and Nadine Schmidt, “Pockets of low vaccine uptake remain in Europe. Here’s how 4 countries are dealing with them”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The German trade union confederation (DGB) criticized the move, saying it dumped responsibility for the fight against the pandemic onto employees. “We still reject mandatory vaccination through the back door,” DGB chairman Reiner Hoffmann told Editor Network Germany.

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

DGB

1. Initialism of Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund.