fatherland
pronunciation
How to pronounce fatherland in British English:
UK [ˈfɑ:ðəlænd]
How to pronounce fatherland in American English:
US [ˈfɑðərlænd]
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- Noun:
- the country where you were born
Word Origin
- fatherland (n.)
- "one's native country," 1620s, from father (n.) + land (n.). In modern use often a loan-translation of German Vaterland, itself a loan-translation of Latin patria (terra), literally "father's land." Similar formation in Dutch vaderland, Danish fædreland, Swedish fädernesland. Late Old English/Middle English fæderland (c. 1100) meant "parental land, inheritance."
Example
- 1. But one doctrine people and fatherland .
- 2. Forcing the nazis to move squadrons of luftwaffe fighters from russia to defend the fatherland
- 3. State television broadcast a call for soldiers to seek " martyrdom " in service to the fatherland .
- 4. Several generations of young soviet students were taught to hate vlasov as a traitor who turned his back on the fatherland at a time when defenders were most needed .
- 5. It would be nice if immigrants developed a sentimental attachment to the fatherland and its leitkultur , but is it necessary ?