BFV

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proper noun

Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

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Meanings

BFV1

nounBFV (plural BFVs)

plural BFVs

  1. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

BfV2

proper noun
  1. GermangovernmentFederal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

    In 2019, BfV President Thomas Haldenwang said members showed “clear evidence of an anti-immigration and particularly anti-Muslim attitude,” which is contrary to Germany’s democratic principles.

    2023 May 24, Nadine Schmidt and Sophie Tanno, “Germany intensifies scrutiny of far-right AfD, labeling its youth wing ‘extremist’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2023
    1 more example

    Germany’s BfV domestic intelligence service has formally placed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) under surveillance on suspicion of trying to undermine Germany’s democratic constitution, a person briefed on the move said on Wednesday.

    2021 March 4, “Germany’s far-right AfD becomes first party to be put under government surveillance since Nazi era”, in CNN, sourced from Reuters, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023

Origin

  1. GermanBfV“Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz”
  2. EnglishBfV

Borrowed from German BfV (“Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz”).

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APA

BFV. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BFV

MLA

“BFV.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BFV. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “BFV,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BFV.

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