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* the [[Germany|Germans]], as <i>das Vaterland</i><br>(Note, however, that "<i>das</i>" is grammatically neuter; <i>das Vaterland</i> is "the land <i>of</i> my father," not "the land that <i>is</i> my father." <i>Die Heimat</i> (the homeland) is grammatically feminine, as is "<i>die Muttererde</i>" (Mother Earth). |
* the [[Germany|Germans]], as <i>das Vaterland</i><br>(Note, however, that "<i>das</i>" is grammatically neuter; <i>das Vaterland</i> is "the land <i>of</i> my father," not "the land that <i>is</i> my father." <i>Die Heimat</i> (the homeland) is grammatically feminine, as is "<i>die Muttererde</i>" (Mother Earth). |
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Revision as of 01:16, 7 December 2001
A fatherland is an ethnic nationalist concept that sees the nation to which one belongs as a paternal figure.
Groups that refer to their homeland as a "father" or associate it primarily with paternal concepts include
- the Basque, particularly the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna , ETA) organization
- the Germans, as das Vaterland
(Note, however, that "das" is grammatically neuter; das Vaterland is "the land of my father," not "the land that is my father." Die Heimat (the homeland) is grammatically feminine, as is "die Muttererde" (Mother Earth).
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