Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW, ; "New German Wave") is a
genre of
German music originally derived from
post-punk and
new wave music. The term "Neue Deutsche Welle" was first used in a record shop advertisement by Burkhardt Seiler in the German
magazine Sounds in August 1979, and then
coined by
journalist Alfred Hilsberg whose article about the movement titled "Neue Deutsche Welle — Aus grauer Städte Mauern" ("New German Wave — From Grey Cities' Walls") was
published in
Sounds in October 1979.