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home village
The village where you were born, grew up, or to which you feel a strong emotional connection as your home.
Jedes Jahr zu Weihnachten fährt er zurück in sein Heimatdorf in den Alpen.
Every year at Christmas, he travels back to his home village in the Alps.
The word is made up of 'Heimat' (home/homeland) and 'Dorf' (village). 'Heimat' is an emotional word for the place where you feel you belong, and 'Dorf' means 'village'.
Er vermisst sein kleines Heimatdorf in den Bergen.
He misses his small home village in the mountains.
The term 'Heimat' has a strong emotional meaning in German that goes beyond the place where someone was born. It is often connected with feelings of nostalgia, safety, and belonging.
Für viele Menschen ist das Heimatdorf ein Ort der Kindheitserinnerungen.
For many people, their home village is a place of childhood memories.
Common verbs used with 'Heimatdorf' (home village) are 'besuchen' (to visit), 'zurückkehren' (to return), and 'stammen aus' (to come from). People often speak of traveling to their home village.
Meine Großeltern stammen aus einem kleinen Heimatdorf in Bayern.
My grandparents come from a small home village in Bavaria.
homeland / home
'die Heimat' and 'das Heimatdorf' both have to do with a place to which someone feels strongly connected. 'die Heimat' is more general: it can be a country, a region, a city, or also a village. 'das Heimatdorf' is more specific and really means a village. The words can be confused when someone comes from a village and feels that this village is their Heimat (homeland / home). If you mean the place someone feels is home in a general sense, 'Heimat' fits. If you want to emphasize that it is a village, 'Heimatdorf' is more precise.
Im Sommer besucht Paul sein Heimatdorf und trifft dort alte Freunde.
In the summer, Paul visits his home village and meets old friends there.
Nach vielen Jahren im Ausland vermisst Maria ihre Heimat sehr.
After many years abroad, Maria misses her homeland very much.