volk

See also: Volk and vòlk

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Afrikaans volk. Doublet of folk.

Noun

volk pl (plural only)

1. (South Africa) The Afrikaner people.
   • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 22:

     The lover, Tertius […] is a journalist regarded by many of his family as a traitor to the volk.

Etymology 2

From Middle English volk, southern form of folk; compare vixen.

Noun

volk pl (plural only)

1. (now obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of folk
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi], page 304, column 2:

     Edg. Good Gentleman goe your gate, and let poore volke paſſe: […]

   • 1912, Thomas Hardy, chapter III, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman […] (The Works of Thomas Hardy in Prose and Verse), Wessex edition, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), page 21:

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

     Earlier editions have folk.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch volk, from Middle Dutch volc, from Old Dutch folc, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔlk/

• Audio:

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Noun

volk (plural volke or volkere, diminutive volkie)

1. people

Derived terms

• volkslied

Descendants

• → English: volk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch volc, from Old Dutch folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔlk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: volk
• Rhymes: -ɔlk

Noun

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

1. people, nation

   Synonym: natie

2. tribe

   Synonym: stam

3. (uncountable) folk, the common people, the lower classes, the working classes

   André Hazes was een volkszanger.

   André Hazes was a working-class singer.

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

   Synonyms: mensen, lieden, lui

   Was er veel volk bij de bijeenkomst?

   Were there a lot of people at the meeting?

Derived terms

• bevolken
• bijenvolk
• omvolking
• ontvolking
• volkenrecht
• volkrijk
• volks
• volksbuurt
• volksdans
• volksfeest
• volksgeest
• volksgericht
• volkslied
• volksmenner
• volksmond
• volkspartij
• volksverhaal
• volkszanger

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: volk
• Negerhollands: volk, folok, folk, fulok, fuluk, folluk
• → Sranan Tongo: folku

Anagrams

• vlok

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse valk, from Proto-Germanic *walką.

Noun

volk n (genitive singular volks, no plural)

1. difficulty, trouble, hardship

Declension

Declension of volk (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	volk	volkið
accusative	volk	volkið
dative	volki	volkinu
genitive	volks	volksins

Further reading

• “volk” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Middle English

Noun

volk

1. (Southern, Kent) Alternative form of folk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔ́ːʋk/

Noun

vȏłk m anim

1. wolf

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	vôlk
gen. sing.	vôlka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vôlk	volkôva	volkôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vôlka	volkôv	volkôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	vôlku	volkôvoma	volkôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vôlka	volkôva	volkôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vôlku	volkôvih	volkôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vôlkom	volkôvoma	volkôvi

Derived terms

• vôlkec
• volkúlja

Further reading

• “volk”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “volk”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references