vaderland
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vaderland (plural vaderlande)
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch vāderlant. Equivalent to vader (“father”) + land (“land”).
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vaderland n (plural vaderlanden, diminutive vaderlandje n)
- fatherland, one's own native land/nation and/or the country of one's forefathers, the possible object of patriotism
- (Christianity, figurative) Heaven
- Synonym: hemel
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