volk

See also: Volk

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Afrikaans volk.

Noun

1. (South Africa) The Afrikaner people.
   • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 22:

     The lover, Tertius […] is a journalist regarded by many of his family as a traitor to the volk.

Etymology 2

Variant form.

Noun

1. (now obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of folk
   • 1608, William Shakespeare, King Lear:

     Edg. Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor volk pass.

   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:

     No doubt a mampus of volk of our own rank will be down here in their carriages as soon as 'tis known.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch volk, from Middle Dutch volc, from Old Dutch folc, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔlk/

Noun

volk (plural volke, diminutive volkie)

1. people

Derived terms

• volkslied

Descendants

• → English: volk

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch volc, from Old Dutch folc, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔlk/

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• Hyphenation: volk
• Rhymes: -ɔlk

Noun

volk n (plural volken or volkeren, diminutive volkje n)

1. people, nation

   Synonym: natie

2. tribe

   Synonym: stam

3. folk, the common people, the lower classes, the working classes

   André Hazes was een volkszanger.

   André Hazes was a working-class singer.

4. (informal, uncountable) people (many individuals)

   Was er veel volk bij de bijeenkomst?

   Were there a lot of people at the meeting?

   Synonyms: mensen, lieden, lui

Derived terms

• bevolken
• volkenrecht
• volksbuurt
• volksfeest
• volkslied
• volksmond
• volksverhaal

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: volk
• → Sranan Tongo: folku

Anagrams

• vlok

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔ́ːʋk/

Noun

vȏłk m anim

1. wolf

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	vôlk
gen. sing.	vôlka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vôlk	volkôva	volkôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vôlka	volkôv	volkôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	vôlku	volkôvoma	volkôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vôlka	volkôva	volkôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vôlku	volkôvih	volkôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vôlkom	volkôvoma	volkôvi

Derived terms

• vôlkec
• volkúlja