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Volk

Meaning

  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

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɔlk/
Etymology

In summary

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 Nynorsk folk, Icelandic fólk and Danish folk. Doublet of Pulk.

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