Volk

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See also: volk and vòlk

German[edit]

der Reichstag mit der Inschrift „Dem deutschen Volke“ — the Reichstag with the inscription „To the German people“ (sense 1)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German volc, from Old High German folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Cognate with Dutch volk, English folk, Swedish folk, Norwegian Bokmål folk, Norwegian Bokmål folk, Icelandic fólk and Danish folk. Doublet of Pulk.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fɔlk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: folg (not for all speakers)

Noun[edit]

Volk n (strong, genitive Volkes or Volks, plural Völker, diminutive Völkchen n or Völklein n)

  1. people, nation, folk, tribe, race (group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language)
  2. people, population, citizens
  3. (possibly dated) common people, the lower classes, the working classes
  4. folk, crowd (large group of people gathered somewhere)
  5. (biology) herd, covey, swarm, colony; chiefly of insects

Declension[edit]

Declension of Volk [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Volk die Völker
genitive eines des Volkes, Volks der Völker
dative einem dem Volk, Volke1 den Völkern
accusative ein das Volk die Völker

1Now uncommon, see notes.

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “Volk” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Volk” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Volk” in Duden online
  • Wikipedia-logo.svg Volk on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German volk, from Old High German folk, from Proto-West Germanic *folk.

Compare German Volk, Dutch volk, English folk.

Noun[edit]

Volk n

  1. people, folk

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From volk (“wolf”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Vȏlk m anim

  1. a surname.
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