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单词 fatherland
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fatherlandn.

Brit. /ˈfɑːðəland/, U.S. /ˈfæðərˌlænd/
Forms: see father n. and land n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably ultimately modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: father n., land n.1
Etymology: < father n. + land n.1; probably ultimately after post-classical Latin patria (see patria n.). Probably originally a genitive compound with unmarked first element (compare discussion at father n.). Compare Middle Low German vāderlant.In sense 1b after Dutch vaderland (second half of the 16th century with reference to the Netherlands; already in Middle Dutch as vāderlant in sense ‘a person's native country’, as well as with reference to heaven as a Christian's true home) and German Vaterland Vaterland n.
1.
a. A person’s native country, esp. when referred to in patriotic terms. Also figurative: heaven considered as a Christian's true home. Cf. motherland n. 1a, mother country n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > homeland or native land
kithc888
etheleOE
erdOE
homeOE
motherOE
fatherlandc1275
countrya1300
soila1400
countrywarda1425
motherland1565
mother country1567
patrie1581
native1604
homelanda1627
home country1707
patria1707
old country1751
the (old) sod1812
home birth1846
Vaterland1852
old sod1863
motherland1895
Bongo Bongo1911
sireland1922
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1217 Guendoleine he sende into hire fader londe, in-to Cornwaile, in-to hire cuððe.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxxi. A Departe agayne to thy fatherlande, and to thy kynred, I wyll be with the.
1623 J. Wodroephe Spared Houres Souldier 270 I thanke my lucke that hath caused me to find here my Countryman, and one of my Fatherland.
1635 T. Odell (title) A brief and short Treatise called the Christian's Fatherland.
1683 F. Ellis Let. 28 Sept. in W. Hedges Diary (1887) I. 120 I hope in God to meet with much better [Justice] in Father-Land for ye inexpressable damage done me.
1799 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 7 399 Through thee alone the father-land is dear.
1840 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) V. 130 Returning to their fatherland in peace.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets v. 138 Stesichorus acknowledged an Ionian colony for his fatherland.
1955 J. Higham Strangers in Land viii. 217 The very real hatred most Austro-Hungarian immigrants displayed towards their official fatherland.
2001 H. Berberian Armenians & Iranian Constit. Revol. 1905–1911 iv. 150 Yeprem before being a Christian or Armenian is a Persian and fights for the betterment of his fatherland.
b. spec. As used by the Dutch or Germans to refer to their own countries; (now usually) (with the and capital initial) Germany (sometimes with nationalistic overtones).
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Germanic region > [noun] > Germany
Dutchland1547
Low Germany1577
fatherland1680
Hunland1916
1680 W. Temple Ess. Orig. & Nature of Govt. in Miscellanea 66 The Dutch..instead of our Countrey, say our Father-land.
1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 424 The Dutch-men fir'd all their Guns for joy of their safe Arrival in their own Country, which they very affectionately call Father-land.
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 411 The glorious history of its [sc. Holland's] independence under the title of Vaderlandsche Historie—the history of Father-land!
1839 W. Chambers Tour Holland 9/1 The attachment which the Dutch show to their Vaderland, or Fatherland, as they commonly term it.
1864 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 433/1 Its [sc. Tübingen's] famous University..more identified with the spiritual..development of Germany than any other single institution in the Fatherland.
1874 J. Morley On Compromise 5 A German has his dream of a great fatherland.
1933 Gary (Indiana) Evening Times 21 Apr. 9/1 The general ‘Nazification’ of the Fatherland was not delayed for the celebration.
1981 A. MacLean River of Death i. 9 ‘I know you will do your duty by the Fatherland.’ ‘As will every true German.’
2014 Guardian (Nexis) 25 Sept. 35 When Napoleon's armies invaded Prussia in 1807, the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte similarly urged his countrymen to lay down their lives for the Fatherland.
2. The land from which one's ancestors came. Cf. motherland n. 1c. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > land of one's ancestors
fatherland1822
1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall I. 13 The ancient and genuine characteristics of my father land.
1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 528/2 They [sc. the Americans] look to a dreadful breaking-up of those old establishments, under the shelter of which have grown..the liberties of their ‘father-land’ [sc. Great Britain].
2012 S. Murphy-Shigematsu When Half is Whole i. 19 She separated from her protective family and moved to the ‘fatherland’ she had never known.

Derivatives

ˈfatherlandish adj. [after German vaterländisch (18th century)] of or relating to one's fatherland (in quots. with reference to Germany).
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > native (of country or place) > of one's native country
patrial1629
patriotic1653
fatherlandish1832
1832 S. Austin tr. H. L. H. von Pückler-Muskau Tour German Prince III. x. 279 Two genuine Nürnberg housewives, dressed in their fatherlandish caps [Ger. mit ihren vaterländischen Hauben angethan].
1952 L. L. Snyder German Nationalism ii. 27 From the fathers and mothers of the young athletes, however, Jahn received praise..especially in fostering der väterländischen Gesinnung (the Fatherlandish sentiment).
2010 J. Perry Christmas in Germany iv. 186 Visiting dignitaries, invited to recite a ‘fatherlandish speech’, might include local clergymen, sympathetic aristocrats, and local Nazi Party leaders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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