fædreland

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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