Polyglot Dictionary

Volk

/fɔlk/

das noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Völker

Meaning

  1. people, nation

    • Das ganze Volk feierte den Sieg.

      The whole nation celebrated the victory.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

nation

Volk is more about "the people," an ethnic or cultural group; Nation is more about the political state entity.

Practice

1 What does Volk mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ganze ___ feierte den Sieg.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Volk?

noun

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