FATHERLAND

'Fatherland' is the nation of one's "fathers" or "forefathers." It can be viewed as a nationalist concept, insofar as it relates to nations. (Compare to motherland and homeland.)
Groups that refer to their native country as a "fatherland" (or rather, translations of this English word in their languages), or, arguably, associate it primarily with paternal concepts include:

★ Romans, Italians, Romanians, Spaniards, and Hispanic Latin Americans as ''Patria''. It should be noted that there is a gender change in Spanish and Italian: ''Madre patria'', or ''motherland'' is also used.

★ the Armenians, as ''Hayrenik'' (as in the national anthem Mer Hayrenik, literally meaning ''Our Fatherland'')

★ the Brazilians as ''Pátria''.

★ the Czechs as ''otčina''

★ the Danes as ''fædreland''

★ the Estonians as ''isamaa''

★ the Finns as ''isänmaa''

★ the Frisians as ''heitelân''

★ the Germans, as ''das Vaterland'' (as in the national anthem Das Lied der Deutschen)

★ the Greeks as ''patris'', the root word for patriotism.

★ the Iceland as ''Föðurland''

★ the Indians as '' (), although very, very rarely used, the word for motherland, Matrubhumi, being the exclusively used one.

★ the Kazakhs as ''atameken''

★ the Lithuanians as ''tėvynė''

★ the Dutch, as ''vaderland''

★ the Norwegians as ''fedreland''

★ the Poles, as ''Ojczyzna'' (but there is also ''macierz'', that is ''Motherland'', although it is seldom used)

★ the Portuguese as ''Pátria''.

★ the Russians, as ''Otechestvo'' (отечество) or ''Otchizna'' (отчизна), although ''Rodina'', that is ''Motherland'', is more common.

★ the Slovenians as ''Očetnjava'', usage is regarded archaic, ''Domovina'' (home country) is used instead.

★ the Serbs as ''otadžbina'' (отаџбина)

★ the Spanish as ''patria''

★ the Swedes as ''fäderneslandet'', although ''fosterlandet'' is more common.

★ the Thais as ''pituphum'' (ปิตุภูมิ), the word is adapted from ''Sanskrit''

★ the Tibetans as ''pha yul''

★ the Hungarians as ''hon'' or ''haza''

Contents

German Usage

English Usage

Fiction

See also

External links

German Usage

Note that ''das Vaterland'' is grammatically neuter, since the final word of the compound (''Land'') is neuter. ''Die Heimat'' (the homeland) is grammatically feminine. ''Vaterland'' has been used since the 12th century with the meaning "native country". An adjective ''vaterländisch'' has been used since the 18th century, meaning something like patriotic or nationalistic. ''Mutterland'' (motherland) means a mother country in contrast to its colonies.

English Usage

Drawing from the Nazis' usage of the term "Vaterland", the direct English translation "fatherland" featured in news reports associated with Nazi Germany and in domestic anti-Nazi propaganda during World War II. As a result, the English word is now associated with the Nazi government of Germany (unlike in Germany itself, where the word means simply "homeland") The word is not used often in post-World War II English unless one wishes to invoke the Nazis, or one is translating literally from a foreign language where that language's equivalent of "fatherland" does not bear Nazi connotations.

Fiction

''Fatherland'' can also refer to:

★ ''Fatherland'', an alternative history novel by Robert Harris

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★ ''Fatherland'', a TV movie inspired by Harris' novel

★ ''Fatherland'', a 1986 film directed by Ken Loach

★ ''For The Fatherland'', a compilation album by white nationalist duo Prussian Blue

★ ''Fatherland'', a single released in 1993 by German metal band Die Krupps

★ ''Fatherland'', a song that appears on ''Metropolis'', an album released in 2000 by Czech gothic rock band XIII Století

See also

★ Motherland

★ Homeland

★ National anthem

External links

★ Nationalism and Ethnicity - A Theoretical Overview

★ The problem of German identity...

★ National anthems ("Allons enfants de la Patrie", "Blühe, deutsches Vaterland")

★ Origins of the German State, Robert Selig, German Life
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