Volk
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der Reichstag mit der Inschrift „Dem deutschen Volke“ — the Reichstag with the inscription „To the German people“ (sense 1)
German
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
Noun
Volk n (strong, genitive Volkes or Volks, plural Völker, diminutive Völkchen n or Völklein n)
- (collective) people, nation, folk, tribe, race (group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language)
- people, population, citizens
- (possibly dated) common people, the lower classes, the working classes
- folk, crowd (large group of people gathered somewhere)
- (biology) herd, covey, swarm, colony; chiefly of insects
Declension
Declension of Volk
Related terms
- bevölkern
- Bevölkerung
- Rabenvolk
- Stimmvolk
- Umvolkung
- Völkerkunde
- Völkerrecht
- Völkerverständigung
- Völkerwanderung
- völkisch
- Volksabstimmung
- Volksaktie
- Volksarmee
- Volksauflauf
- Volksaufstand
- Volksbefragung
- Volksbegehren
- Volksbewegung
- Volksentscheid
- Volkserhebung
- Volksetymologie
- Volksfest
- Volksfront
- Volksgarten
- Volksheld
- Volksherrschaft
- Volkskünstler
- Volkslied
- Volksmärchen
- Volksmund
- Volksmusik
- Volkspark
- Volkspolizei
- Volksrepublik
- Volkssage
- Volkssänger
- Volkstanz
- Volksverdummung
- Volksverhetzung
- Volksvermögen
- Volksverräter
- Volksversammlung
- Volksvertreter
- Volksvertretung
- Volkswagen
- Volksweise
- Volksweisheit
- Volkszählung
- Volkszugehörigkeit
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
Slovene
Etymology
From volk (“wolf”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Vȏlk m anim
- a surname