Volk
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
Concepts
the great unwashed
common people
People
worldly customs
four social classes
common run of men
ethnos
the people
great number
indigenous people
men and women
Synonyms
Volksmasse
breite Masse
Plebs
ethnische Gruppe
einfache Volk
gemeine Volk
Mann von der Straße
Tribus
die Masse
große Menge
vier Stände
gewöhnliche Leute
Volksmassen
indigenes Volk
Staatbürgerschaft
Statsangehörigkeit
die Bürger
Gesocks
lärmende Menge
Völklein
gemeines Volk
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.
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