Volk

See also: volk and vòlk

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

Etymology

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

Noun

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
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 rare, see notes.

See also

Further reading
  • “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

Etymology

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

Compare German Volk, Dutch volk, English folk.

Noun

Volk n

  1. people, folk

Slovene

Etymology

From volk (“wolf”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋɔ́ːʋk/

Proper noun

Vȏlk m anim

  1. a surname
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