noun#815 by frequency
das Volk
/fɔlk/
people, nation, folk, tribe, race; people, population, citizens; common people, the lower classes, the working classes; folk, crowd
- genitive
- des Volkes
- plural
- die Völker
Meanings
- 1
people, nation, folk, tribe, race — group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language
Volkes Stimme ist Gottes Stimme.
The voice of the people is the voice of God.
Tatoeba · kolonjano · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ich werde für mein Volk kämpfen.
I will fight for my people.
Tatoeba · Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
people, population, citizens
- 3
common people, the lower classes, the working classes
- 4
folk, crowd — large group of people gathered somewhere
- 5
herd, covey, swarm, colony; chiefly of insectsrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dasVolk | dieVölker |
| accusative | dasVolk | dieVölker |
| dative | demVolk | denVölkern |
| genitive | desVolkes | derVölker |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.