fatherland

[US]/'fɑːðəlænd/
[UK]/'fɑðɚlænd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. homeland (referring to Germany during World War II)

Example Sentences

They were doing everything they could to help the fatherland.

loyalty to the fatherland

patriotic duty to the fatherland

fight for the fatherland

pride in the fatherland

sacrifice for the fatherland

unity for the fatherland

defending the fatherland is a noble cause

Real-world Examples

From father to fatherland is but a short step.

Source: The Power of Art - Jacques-Louis David

Swear an oath to God and the fatherland never to separate, until we have made a sound and just constitution.

Source: The Power of Art - Jacques-Louis David

An austere patriot’s passion for his fatherland!

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Holy Russia, our fatherland, lies in eternal sleep.

Source: The Virgin Land (Part 2)

We sincerely believe that the fatherland doesn't deserve this bloodshed.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2013

" You have to fight for your fatherland. You have to take courage. Look at what Schwarzenegger did just to win this title."

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

There was one rather good sentence in it about our liberated serf, who was to march over the face of the fatherland bearing a torch in his hand.

Source: Virgin Land (Part 1)

He did not settle upon this career through any desire to be a dictator, nor any theoretical love for a fatherland which did not yet exist, nor through pride in Prussia, his more immediate home.

Source: Southwest Associated University English Textbook

" Well" ? he began. " Is my sacrifice to be received on the altar of the fatherland? Am I permitted to bring, if not the whole at any rate, twenty-five or thirty roubles for the common cause" ?

Source: Virgin Land (Part 1)

It is time for the hurricane of war to burst once more upon these vitiated minds. The fatherland, Russia, is invaded. Then comes the day of Borodino, with its solemn majesty. Enmities are effaced. Dologhov embraces his enemy Pierre.

Source: The Biography of Tolstoy

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