How do you use Fatherland in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like homeland or motherland, plus the exact meaning.
Fatherland meaning
- The country of one's ancestors.
- The country of one's birth, origin.
Synonyms of Fatherland
Fatherland vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Fatherland
- The main meaning on this page is: The country of one's ancestors. | The country of one's birth, origin.
- Useful related words include: homeland, motherland, mother country, country of origin.
- Possible Dutch translations are: vaderland.
- In the example corpus, fatherland often appears in combinations such as: the fatherland, his fatherland, their fatherland.
Context around Fatherland
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fatherland
- In this selection, "fatherland" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, conservative, seealso, god, party, day and seealso stand out and add context to how "fatherland" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include small conservative fatherland party and and city and fatherland foundation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fatherland" sits close to words such as aam, baptists and basements, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fatherland
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I solemnly swear allegiance to my Fatherland - the Russian Federation. (10 words)
We need a plan for the development of our Fatherland. (10 words)
The new Defender of the Fatherland Day being marked in Ukraine. (11 words)
It’s an epiphanic stretch of prose about a lack of epiphany, in which the Fascist discourse of the Fatherland becomes comically literal and the clichés of Jonathan’s thoughts finally have some feeling behind them. (36 words)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, near the Kremlin Wall during the national celebrations of the 'Defender of the Fatherland Day' in Moscow, Russia. (34 words)
Thanking the Russian people, servicemen, law enforcement and security services for remaining united to protect "the Fatherland", Putin said it showed Russia would not succumb to "any blackmail, any attempt to create internal turmoil". (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Fatherland seeAlso Fatherland is the nation of one's "fathers" or " forefathers ".
Expressing gratitude for the fruitful work, the prime minister highlighted the special role of those who faithfully serve their Fatherland.
I solemnly swear allegiance to my Fatherland - the Russian Federation.
Kallas’ party has led the current coalition government with the small conservative Fatherland party and the Social Democrats.
Kallas' Reform Party heads the current three-party coalition government with the small conservative Fatherland party and the Social Democrats.
Meloni frequently opens political speeches by saying “I am a mother” and uses Mussolini’s old slogan of “Dio, patria, famiglia” (“God, fatherland, family”).
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, near the Kremlin Wall during the national celebrations of the 'Defender of the Fatherland Day' in Moscow, Russia.
Thanking the Russian people, servicemen, law enforcement and security services for remaining united to protect "the Fatherland", Putin said it showed Russia would not succumb to "any blackmail, any attempt to create internal turmoil".
The company also owns and operates ForeTVHub, ForeMedia Music, African Creative City, and Fatherland Foundation.
Then the leaders must truly see leadership as service to the fatherland and not a means for them and their families to aim at owning the land.
We need a plan for the development of our Fatherland.
Breaking from the Hindu religion’s message of transcendental equality, he divided the world between friends – those rooted in India through ancestry and devotion to the Fatherland – and all others, who were deemed enemies.
He got on Milk the Funk and found Benedikt Koch, a brewer in Leipzig, Germany, who agreed to use Tomcat to make a kellerbier—sending his father, in essence, back to the fatherland.
She became the chair of a state foundation called Defenders of the Fatherland meant to organise voluntary donations to the Ukraine war in 2023, and is married to the Russian energy minister Sergei Tsivilev.
The new Defender of the Fatherland Day being marked in Ukraine.
Yet, he was undaunted in his quest to see his fatherland liberated from the era of locusts that pitched us against the comity of nations.
But while Hitler’s nationalism was positive in orientation – he extolled the German Fatherland and culture – the Democrats’ nationalism is negative: they denigrate their own country and their culture.
He also pleaded with Federal Government to cater for security men, especially the ex-servicemen, who patriotically served their fatherland with passion.
I, therefore, call on our troops not to be discouraged by such emotional blackmail but continue to give in their best in the service of the fatherland.
It’s an epiphanic stretch of prose about a lack of epiphany, in which the Fascist discourse of the Fatherland becomes comically literal and the clichés of Jonathan’s thoughts finally have some feeling behind them.
Common combinations with fatherland
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: