volapük

See also: volapuk, Volapuk, volapúk, Volapük, and vólapuk

Finnish

Etymology

From Volapük Volapük.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋolɑpyk/, [ˈʋo̞lɑ̝pyk]
• Rhymes: -olɑpyk

Noun

volapük

1. Volapük (language)

Declension

Inflection of volapük (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		volapük	—
genitive		volapükin	—
partitive		volapükiä	—
illative		volapükiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		volapük	—
accusative	nom.	volapük	—
	gen.	volapükin
genitive		volapükin	—
partitive		volapükiä	—
inessive		volapükissä	—
elative		volapükistä	—
illative		volapükiin	—
adessive		volapükillä	—
ablative		volapükiltä	—
allative		volapükille	—
essive		volapükinä	—
translative		volapükiksi	—
abessive		volapükittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of volapük (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative volapükini — accusative nom. volapükini — gen. volapükini genitive volapükini — partitive volapükiäni — inessive volapükissäni — elative volapükistäni — illative volapükiini — adessive volapükilläni — ablative volapükiltäni — allative volapükilleni — essive volapükinäni — translative volapükikseni — abessive volapükittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative volapükisi — accusative nom. volapükisi — gen. volapükisi genitive volapükisi — partitive volapükiäsi — inessive volapükissäsi — elative volapükistäsi — illative volapükiisi — adessive volapükilläsi — ablative volapükiltäsi — allative volapükillesi — essive volapükinäsi — translative volapükiksesi — abessive volapükittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative volapükimme — accusative nom. volapükimme — gen. volapükimme genitive volapükimme — partitive volapükiämme — inessive volapükissämme — elative volapükistämme — illative volapükiimme — adessive volapükillämme — ablative volapükiltämme — allative volapükillemme — essive volapükinämme — translative volapükiksemme — abessive volapükittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative volapükinne — accusative nom. volapükinne — gen. volapükinne genitive volapükinne — partitive volapükiänne — inessive volapükissänne — elative volapükistänne — illative volapükiinne — adessive volapükillänne — ablative volapükiltänne — allative volapükillenne — essive volapükinänne — translative volapükiksenne — abessive volapükittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative volapükinsä — accusative nom. volapükinsä — gen. volapükinsä genitive volapükinsä — partitive volapükiään volapükiänsä — inessive volapükissään volapükissänsä — elative volapükistään volapükistänsä — illative volapükiinsä — adessive volapükillään volapükillänsä — ablative volapükiltään volapükiltänsä — allative volapükilleen volapükillensä — essive volapükinään volapükinänsä — translative volapükikseen volapükiksensä — abessive volapükittään volapükittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.la.pyk/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

volapük m (usually uncountable, plural volapüks)

1. Volapük (language)
2. (derogatory) incomprehensible language.
   • 1927, Marcel Proust, edited by Gallimard, Le temps retrouvé‎^[1]:

     — Elle ne disait pas très bien les vers ? hasarda l’ami de Bloch pour flatter Rachel, qui répondit :
     — Oh ! ça, elle n’a jamais su en dire un ; c’était de la prose, du chinois, du volapük, tout, excepté un vers. D’ailleurs, je vous dirai que, bien entendu, je ne l’ai entendue que très peu, sur sa fin, ajouta-t-elle pour se rajeunir, mais on m’a dit qu’autrefois ce n’était pas mieux, au contraire.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “volapük”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Noun

volapük m (invariable)

1. Volapük (language)

Polish

Alternative forms

• wolapik

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Volapük Volapük.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.laˈpik/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: vo‧la‧pük

Noun

volapük m inan

1. Volapük (artificial language (constructed language) created in 1879 by Johann Martin Schleyer)
2. (figurative) gibberish, gobbledygook, double Dutch (incomprehensible and confusing language or style)

Declension

Declension of volapük

	singular
nominative	volapük
genitive	volapüku
dative	volapükowi
accusative	volapük
instrumental	volapükiem
locative	volapüku
vocative	volapüku

Further reading

• volapük in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• volapük in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Noun

volapük m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of volapuque

Spanish

Etymology

From Volapük Volapük.

Noun

volapük m (uncountable)

1. Volapük (language)
   • 2019 February 17, Francisco Martínez Hoyos, “10 idiomas que se crearon de la nada”, in La Vanguardia‎^[2], archived from the original on 2 August 2025:

     Schleyer consideraba el volapük propiedad suya y se negaba a introducir cambios.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Volapük

Etymology

From vola (“of the world; global”) + pük (“language”); see Volapük.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [volaˈpyk]

• Audio:

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Noun

volapük (genitive volapüka, plural volapüks)

1. universal language
2. (most literal) world language; global language

   Linglänapük e Fransänapük binons volapüks.

   English and French are world languages.

3. (sometimes lowercase) Volapük

Declension

Declension of volapük

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	volapük	volapüks
Genitive	volapüka	volapükas
Dative	volapüke	volapükes
Accusative	volapüki	volapükis
Predicative1	volapüku	volapükus
Vocative	o volapük	o volapüks

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.