Polyglot Dictionary

Vaterland

/ˈfaːtɐˌlant/

das noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Vaterländer

Meaning

  1. fatherland

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Heimat

Vaterland (fatherland) is formal and nationalistic, tied specifically to the nation-state. Heimat is gentler and more personal, and doesn't require political borders at all — many Germans call a small home region their Heimat without any reference to the country as a whole.

Practice

1 What does Vaterland mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er verließ sein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Vaterland?

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