German

the inscription "dem deutschen Volke" on the Reichstag

Noun

Volk n ‎(genitive Volkes or Volks, plural Völker, diminutive Völkchen n or Völklein n)

1. people, nation, tribe, race
2. troops, crew, men
3. herd, flock, covey, swarm
4. folk, the common people, the lower classes, the working classes

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• bevölkern
• Bevölkerung
• völkisch

See also

• Leute
• Mann
• Mensch

English

Alternative forms

• voke
• volke

Noun

volk ‎(plural volks)

1. (Britain, South Africa, dialectal) Folk.
   • 1608, William Shakespeare, King Lear

     Edg. Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor volk pass.

   • Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

     No doubt a mampus of volk of our own rank will be down here in their carriages as soon as 'tis known.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch volk.

Noun

volk ‎(plural volke)

1. people

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔlk

Etymology

From Middle Dutch volc, from Old Dutch folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką. Compare German Volk, West Frisian folk, English folk, Danish folk.

Noun

volk n ‎(plural volken or volkeren, diminutive volkje n)

1. people, nation, tribe
2. folk, the common people, the lower classes, the working classes

   André Hazes was een volkszanger.‎

   André Hazes was a working-class singer.

3. (informal, uncountable) people (many individuals)

   Was er veel volk bij de bijeenkomst?‎

   Were there a lot of people at the meeting?

Synonyms

• (nation): natie
• (tribe): stam
• (race): ras, geslacht
• (many individuals): mensen, lieden, lui

Derived terms

Anagrams

• vlok

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔ́ːwk/
• Tonal orthography: vȏłk

Noun

vôlk m anim ‎(genitive vôlka, nominative plural volkôvi)

1. wolf

Declension

Derived terms

• vôlkec
• volkúlja