volk
See also: Volk
English
Noun
volk (uncountable)
- (South Africa) The Afrikaner people.
- 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 22:
- The lover, Tertius […] is a journalist regarded by many of his family as a traitor to the volk.
- 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 22:
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
volk
- (now obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of folk
- 1608, William Shakespeare, King Lear:
- Edg. Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor volk pass.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:
- No doubt a mampus of volk of our own rank will be down here in their carriages as soon as 'tis known.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, King Lear:
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch volk, from Middle Dutch volc, from Old Dutch folc, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔlk/
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch volc, from Old Dutch folc, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔlk/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: volk
- Rhymes: -ɔlk
Noun
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: volk
- → Sranan Tongo: folku
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɔ́ːwk/
- Tonal orthography: vȏłk
Declension
Declension of vôlk (masculine anim., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | vôlk | volkôva | volkôvi |
accusative | vôlka | volkôva | volkôve |
genitive | vôlka | volkôv | volkôv |
dative | vôlku | volkôvoma | volkôvom |
locative | vôlku | volkôvih | volkôvih |
instrumental | vôlkom | volkôvoma | volkôvi |
Derived terms
- vôlkec
- volkúlja
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