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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

folk.

people, persons

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɔlk/[fʌlˀɡ̊]
  1. people, persons

    neuter
  2. one, people

    neuter
  3. a people, a nation (not necessarily politically or geographically united)

    countable · neuter
  4. crew

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse fólk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.

noun[ˈfɔwɡ̊]
  1. folk music (contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music)

    common-gender · no-plural
Where this word comes from

From English folk (“folk music”).

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