Volk.
people, nation, folk, tribe, race (group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language)
Meaning & usage
people, nation, folk, tribe, race (group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language)
people, population, citizens
common people, the lower classes, the working classes
folk, crowd (large group of people gathered somewhere)
herd, covey, swarm, colony; chiefly of insects
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fulkazder. Proto-Germanic *fulką Proto-West Germanic *folk Old High German folc Middle High German volc German Volk 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 Nynorsk folk, Icelandic fólk and Danish folk. Doublet of Pulk.
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