Conversely, assume is a normal subgroup and the quotient group is an abelian group. Commuting the two cosets and gives
so every group commutator belongs to . This proves the converse and completes the equivalence.
For the dihedral group of order ten, choose a rotation and a reflection with and . Its rotation subgroup is a normal subgroup, and the quotient by it has order two, hence is an abelian group. Consequently the commutator subgroup is contained in . On the other hand,
Since generates the order-five cyclic group , the commutator subgroup is exactly . Every abelian quotient must kill this subgroup. There are only two subgroups containing it, since the remaining quotient has prime order. The complete list, including the trivial quotient, is
This is the order-ten instance of the abelianization of an odd dihedral group.