Volk

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See also: volk and vòlk

German

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

Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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

  1. (collective) 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

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See also

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Further reading

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

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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

Compare German Volk, Dutch volk, English folk.

Noun

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Volk n

  1. people, folk

Slovene

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Etymology

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From volk (wolf).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Vȏlk m anim

  1. a surname