Why do Germans use "fatherland".


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Don't blame it on communists you stereo-typical American blaming communism for everything.

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lets ignore the fact that no one from the US blamed anything on communism, let alone mention it. i think that you also forgot to include that the US blames everything on:

communism

homosexuals

muslims

jews

blacks

japanese

hispanics

the list goes on... :rolleyes:

as someone mentioned earlier the term "fatherland" refers to lands/countries of their forefathers.

wikipedia defines it as...

Fatherland is the nation of one's "fathers" or "forefathers." It can be viewed as a nationalist concept, insofar as it relates to nations. (Compare to motherland and homeland.)

In Genealogy everythign goes after the father. The Code of arms will alwasy be transfered from the fathers side, not the mothers. In Tradition when married the wife takes the man's name, which he got from his father.. and so on.

The male part has always been stronger in history then woman. So it is just naturally that it is called 'Vaterland' (Land of forfathers).

It's called 'Muttersprache' (Language of your mother) because that was what woman back in the day did: rais the kids (and other stuff), so the kids learned the language from their mother.

Both german words relate back to the early 1000's DC.

Both words have nothing to do with NAZi's. The NAZi's just used the word 'Vaterland', because it is a strong word, and teh fatherfigure was an extreme strong ideology in NAZI-times.

I think it's just a communist thing. Like with Russia and with (what was) East Germany.

Either way, it's just a difference in culture between the two countries.

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Don't blame it on communists you stereo-typical American blaming communism for everything.

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May want to check out a member's location before attacking him?

I noticed that only Germans refer to their country as "fatherland", almost all other cultures refer to their country of origin as "motherland", any ideas why?

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Because in Germany their mothers look like fathers :D

(And I'm allowed to say that because I'm German :yes: )

Because in Germany their mothers look like fathers  :D

(And I'm allowed to say that because I'm German  :yes: )

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I'm sure I can think of quite a few German women who certainly don't look anything like "fathers".

Some German Women are good looking and intellegent.

Some British Women are good looking and as thick as 3 short thick planks.

I would rather be with the former, people that live in glass houses should not throw stones.

but gebruijksanwijzung looks alot like gebrauchansweisung :D

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That would be "gebruiksaanwijzing". Also very important we both use the word "ja"!

Und das ist ganz toll!!!!!!! :rofl:

Because in Germany their mothers look like fathers  :D

(And I'm allowed to say that because I'm German  :yes: )

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Doesn't that apply more to the Turks? :unsure:

Germany is such a cool country.. going to be picking up one of those 'teach yourself' German type books soon so that when I go back next year I can ask for basic stuff and hopefully hold a few simple conversations! :)

Germany is such a cool country.. going to be picking up one of those 'teach yourself' German type books soon so that when I go back next year I can ask for basic stuff and hopefully hold a few simple conversations! :)

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I lived there as a Child, very clean, people well groomed and polite, I was 7 they tried more to talk to me in English and helped me learn German, great people and don't deserve to be in their current financial situation.

Hope you enjoy Germany, I lived in Munchen/Munich.

Don't blame it on communists you stereo-typical American blaming communism for everything.

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Watch you mouth you stereo-typical ************ BTW the person you are insulting was from UK. Obviously you cant read either!!!

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