Volk

German (Berlin)

/fɔlk/

noun
Definitions
  • people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language
  • people, population, citizens
  • (possibly) common people, the lower classes, the working classes
  • folk, crowd large group of people gathered somewhere
  • (biology) herd, covey, swarm, colony;

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German volc inherited from Old High German folc (nation, people collectively, people, folk) inherited from *folk inherited from Proto-Germanic *fulką (people, multitude, host of warriors, people collectively, folk, crowd, nation, tribe, race, army).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*fulką

Gloss

people, multitude, host of warriors, people collectively, folk, crowd, nation, tribe, race, army

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

民

Emoji

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