fædreland

Danish

Etymology

Compound of fædre, plural of fader, far (“father”) and land (“country”), a calque of the German Vaterland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛdrəlan/, [ˈfɛðʁɐˌlanˀ]

Noun

fædreland n (singular definite fædrelandet, plural indefinite fædrelande)

1. (connotations of nationalism) fatherland, homeland, home country, mother country, motherland

Inflection

Declension of fædreland

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fædreland	fædrelandet	fædrelande	fædrelandene
genitive	fædrelands	fædrelandets	fædrelandes	fædrelandenes

Synonyms

• hjemland

Further reading

• fædreland on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da