vaatarlant
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Cimbrian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German vaterlant, equivalent to vaatar + lant. Cognate with German Vaterland; compare also Dutch vaderland, English fatherland, Icelandic föðurland.
Noun[edit]
vaatarlant n
- (Sette Comuni) fatherland, homeland
- 'S vaatarlant is des ba òas is gabüurtet.
- The fatherland is the country where you were born.
References[edit]
- “vaatarlant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo