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Heimat

homeland

noun HY-maht Less Common
Travel & Places Geography

Also means

home region

Usage Note

Heimat is a deeply emotional word with no exact English equal: it's the place you feel rooted to, your home region or country. It anchors a whole genre of Heimatfilm (nostalgic regional films) and compounds like Heimatstadt ('hometown'); it carries more sentiment than the plain Zuhause ('home').

Examples

"Bayern ist meine Heimat."

Natural Translation

Bavaria is my homeland.

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