Vaterland

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Vaterland

[ˈfaːtɐˌlant]

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Determinativkompositum aus den Substantiven Vater und Land;

bezeugt seit dem 11. Jahrhundert: althochdeutsch faterlant, mittelhochdeutsch vaterlant „Heimat, Himmel“

noun Vaterland · Vaterländer · Vaterlandes · Vaterlands

Land, aus dem man stammt „Sie ist von Werten wie Stolz getragen und von Worten wie Vaterland.“
Similar: Geburtsland, Heimat, Heimatland, Herkunftsland, Ursprungsland · Opposite: Ausland

In English

country nation state
land someone's homeplace
home country country where a person was born and raised
homeland country which one regards as home
motherland the country of one's ancestors
fatherland country of one's ancestry

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@misc{vaterland_2026,
  title = {Vaterland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/de/vaterland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}