Volk

See also: volk and vòlk

German edit

der Reichstag mit der Inschrift „Dem deutschen Volke“ — the Reichstag with the inscription „To the German people“ (sense 1)

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /fɔlk/
Audio (file)
Homophone: folg (not for all speakers)

Noun edit

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 edit

Declension of Volk [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Volk	die	Völker
genitive	eines	des	Volkes, Volks	der	Völker
dative	einem	dem	Volk, Volke¹	den	Völkern
accusative	ein	das	Volk	die	Völker

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

“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 edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German volk, from Old High German folk, from Proto-West Germanic *folk.

Compare German Volk, Dutch volk, English folk.

Noun edit

Volk n

people, folk

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From volk (“wolf”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʋɔ́ːʋk/

Proper noun edit

Vȏlk m anim

a surname

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