Volk

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Meaning

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

Frequency

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɔlk/

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.