Volk

Betekenis

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

Geslag

Onsydig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/fɔlk/

Etimologie

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.