Talk:Fatherland

message: Every Spanish country refers to the word "fatherland" as "patria." Not just Argentina and Peru. I don't know why you have only Argentina and Peru up there. I'm changing that if nobody objects. 74.64.22.128 (talk) 19:11, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spanish 

message: This article is eurocentric. I.e. it has a european (and european language-speaking, e.g. US, Australia, Brazil, etc.)  bais. It should contain detail of the concept in african, and asian cultures, etc..
:You're free to add those things, of course. Mackensen (talk) 15:40, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV dispute 

message: The term Vaterland was heavily used in Nazi propaganda. As a result, the term became indelibly associated with Nazis, and has not been used in German since the end of World War II unless one wishes to make an explicit reference to the Nazi government.
Does the current official German national anthem (third stanza of Das Lied der Deutschen) not begin: "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit/für das deutsche Vaterland"? Even if it is rarely sung, I doubt that on all (or even most) occasions when it is that the performer "wishes to make an explicit reference to the Nazi government." The article Das Lied der Deutschen also makes no reference to any controversy regarding the words Vaterland or fatherland.
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Vaterland is in use and in most cases without this explicit reference. It is not heard every day, but it is by no means an unusual word. The word was even in use in the GDR. 217.235.102.36 14:24, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vaterland not used in Germany? 

message: Is there any reason for not combining the three articles? 
Brallan 14:24, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: while these terms and their equivalents may be interchangeable in other languages, Fatherland and Motherland have specific political connotations in English.130.64.158.99 (talk) 03:36, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Joining Mother-, Father- and Homeland

message: the polish word for fatherland/motherland, "ojczyzna" is a feminine noun, and therefore is more associated with motherland than fatherland. There seems to be no fatherland concept in poland.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitek (talk • contribs) 18:49, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Poland-ojczyzna

message: In a section on the Nazi connotation of the use of the word "fatherland" in English, immediately after a sentence connecting the English usage of "motherland" to the Soviet Union it is stated: "Homeland is the latest version of the trend, currently popular in the United States." Latest version of the trend, as in Nazi fatherland, communist motherland, American homeland. Give me a break. I'm removing the statement. Strikehold (talk) 08:19, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Homeland usage in US 

message: This list of countries is too long to be called "Groups". It would rather appear that Fatherland is in common use, and Motherland is used by "Groups". I think this article is horribly biased.
In most countries, Fatherland is not inherently nationalistic, but rather national (patriotic). Obviously nationalists use the word for their purposes, but the word in itself has no Nazi-like connection. If we followed that argument, "God save the Queen" would also be nationalistic, same as "God bless America".
The information found here should best be put in an English dictionary. It is only valid for English language, but tries to generalize for the whole world, misinforming the reader.
156.62.3.26 (talk) 01:25, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it breaks the NPOV rule and should be rewritten.MilkStraw532 (talk) 19:21, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Groups that refer to their native country as a "fatherland" 

message: Can someone please explain why this novel is singled out in the lead of this article?  It makes it look like this term "Vaterland" is so fringe, that you have to find obscure novels as evidence that it is a thing.--345Kai (talk) 21:31, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  e.g. in Hermann Broch's novel The Sleepwalkers