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fatherland en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From father + land. Compare Dutch vaderland (“fatherland”), German Vaterland (“fatherland”), Danish fædreland (“fatherland”), Icelandic föðurland (“fatherland”). Does not continue Middle English fæderland, from Old English fæderland. First attested in the 1620s.

Meanings

1. The country of one's ancestors.
2. The country of one's birth, origin.
   • Lenin frequently expressed himself on these lines before and during the War; he quoted with emphasis the famous saying that the working man has no fatherland, and believed it quite literally. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 404:

Forms

Deriveds

fatherlandish

Synonyms

homeland · sire-land · motherland

Translations (102)

sv fosterland (country of one's ancestry) · cy tadwlad (country of one's ancestry) · es patria (country of one's ancestry) · be спа́дчына (country of one's ancestry) · cs domovina (country of one's ancestry) · ca pàtria (country of one's ancestry) · it suolo natio (country of one's ancestry) · fo heimland (country of one's ancestry) · kk отан (country of one's ancestry) · liv izāmō (country of one's ancestry) · ga athartha (country of one's ancestry) · fo ættarland (country of one's ancestry) · oc patria (country of one's ancestry) · eu aberri (country of one's ancestry) · is föðurland (country of one's ancestry) · hu anyaföld (country of one's ancestry) · kk атамекен (country of one's ancestry) · szl hajmat (country of one's ancestry) · sh dòmovina (country of one's ancestry) · et isamaa (country of one's ancestry) · grc πατρίς (country of one's ancestry) · zza welat (diq) (country of one's ancestry) · rsk отечество (country of one's ancestry) · ota وطن (country of one's ancestry) · no fedreland (country of one's ancestry) · bo ཕ་ཡུལ (country of one's ancestry) · pdt Vodalaunt (country of one's ancestry) · fo føðiland (country of one's ancestry) · tpw tetama (country of one's ancestry) · grc πάτρᾱ (country of one's ancestry) · yi פֿאָטערלאַנד (country of one's ancestry) · nl vaderland (country of one's ancestry) · ru ро́дина (country of one's ancestry) · lv tēvzeme (country of one's ancestry) · ang ēþel (country of one's ancestry) · hi जन्मभूमि (country of one's ancestry) · el πατρίδα (country of one's ancestry) · fa میهن (country of one's ancestry) · sh до̀мовина (country of one's ancestry) · sl domovina (country of one's ancestry) · sk otčina (country of one's ancestry) · ckb نیشتیمان (country of one's ancestry) · de Vaterland (country of one's ancestry) · lt tėvynė (country of one's ancestry) · cs vlast (country of one's ancestry) · gsw Vaterland (country of one's ancestry) · bg та́тковина (country of one's ancestry) · zza esasware (country of one's ancestry) · tr ana vatan (country of one's ancestry) · rsk оцовщина (country of one's ancestry) · gl patria (country of one's ancestry) · fr patrie (country of one's ancestry) · io patrio (country of one's ancestry) · rup pãtridã (country of one's ancestry) · az ana yurdu (country of one's ancestry) · tab ватан (country of one's ancestry) · ro patrie (country of one's ancestry) · io naskolando (country of one's ancestry) · it paese (country of one's ancestry) · hu szülőföld (country of one's ancestry) · is ættjörð (country of one's ancestry) · ja 祖国 (country of one's ancestry) · fo fosturland (country of one's ancestry) · sk domovina (country of one's ancestry) · sq atdhe (country of one's ancestry) · mg tanindrazana (country of one's ancestry) · ru оте́чество (country of one's ancestry) · fi isänmaa (country of one's ancestry) · cmn 祖國 /祖国 (country of one's ancestry) · cs otčina (country of one's ancestry) · hy հայրենիք (country of one's ancestry) · sv fädernesland (country of one's ancestry) · ka მამული (country of one's ancestry) · it patria (country of one's ancestry) · ar وطن (country of one's ancestry) · mk татко́вина (country of one's ancestry) · hi स्वदेश (country of one's ancestry) · fy heitelân (country of one's ancestry) · ast patria (country of one's ancestry) · nds-de Vaderland (country of one's ancestry) · pl macierz (country of one's ancestry) · av ватӏан (country of one's ancestry) · hi वतन (country of one's ancestry) · bn ওয়াতন (country of one's ancestry) · mi whenua matua (country of one's ancestry) · ka სამშობლო (country of one's ancestry) · la patria (country of one's ancestry) · eo patrujo (country of one's ancestry) · sh о̀таџбина (country of one's ancestry) · az vətən (country of one's ancestry) · sk vlasť (country of one's ancestry) · ga tír dhúchais (country of one's ancestry) · lv dzimtene (country of one's ancestry) · pt pátria (country of one's ancestry) · uk ба́тьківщи́на (country of one's ancestry) · lv tēvija (country of one's ancestry) · pl ojczyzna (country of one's ancestry) · be радзі́ма (country of one's ancestry) · sh òtadžbina (country of one's ancestry) · da fædreland (country of one's ancestry) · fo móðurland (country of one's ancestry) · is ættland (country of one's ancestry)