# fatherland

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,650

## Definitions
1. The country of one's ancestors.
2. The country of one's birth, origin.

## Etymology
From father + land. Compare Dutch vaderland (“fatherland”), German Vaterland (“fatherland”), Danish fædreland (“fatherland”), Icelandic föðurland (“fatherland”).

## Common misspellings (16)
`aftherland`, `fahterland`, `fatehrland`, `fathelrand`, `fatheralnd`, `fatherladn`, `fatherlandd`, `fatherlannd`, `fatherlland`, `fatherlnad`, `fatherrland`, `fathherland`, `fathreland`, `fattherland`, `ffatherland`, `ftaherland`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fatherland