folk

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. .

Noun

 * 1)  A people; a tribe or nation; the inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
 * 2) * 1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251:
 * We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!
 * 1)  People, persons.
 * 2)  One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
 * 1)  One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
 * 1)  One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
 * 1)  One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
 * 1)  One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.

Usage notes

 * In principle, behaves grammatically like the synonym . As a countable noun (meaning “nation”) it may take the plural . As a collective plural (meaning “persons”) it remains unchanged. Informally, however, the form  is also used in the collective sense (which is not possible for ). This latter usage is particularly common in the sense “relatives”.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Galician:, ,
 * Gaulish: touta
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Latin:, habitans,
 * Middle English: folk
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Old English:
 * Old Saxon: folk
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: fowk
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * West Frisian: folk

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
 * 3)  Of or related to local building materials and styles.
 * 4) Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.

Translations

 * Arabic: شَعْبِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Macedonian: народен
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на́роднӣ
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ljȗdski
 * Ukrainian: наро́дний
 * Vietnamese:


 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Russian:

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) people, persons
 * Der var mange folk på torvet.
 * There were many people on the plaza.
 * 1) one, people
 * Folk ved ikke hvor meget deres hamstre er værd.
 * People don't know how much their hamsters are worth.
 * 1)  a people, a nation (not necessarily politically or geographically united)
 * 2) crew

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) folk music contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  folk, folk music

Noun

 * 1)  folk music

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) people,  multiple individuals
 * 2) nation, race, stock
 * 3) group, band, troop of people:
 * 4) subjects, followers, comitatus
 * 5) army, retinue group of armed people
 * 6) gathering, parliament
 * 7) family, kin, relatives
 * 8) humankind, humanity; all people
 * 9)  creatures, beings
 * 1) humankind, humanity; all people
 * 2)  creatures, beings

Usage notes
Can be treated as a singular or a plural noun.

Etymology
From, , from.

Noun

 * 1) a people
 * 2) people in general

Etymology
From,. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) people

Related terms
Male given names:

Female given names:

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) people, folk

Descendants

 * Föhr-Amrum:
 * Föhr-Amrum:

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1) ;  of warriors
 * 1) ;  of warriors

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) troop, army
 * 2) people

Usage notes

 * The meaning of ‘troop, army’ is decidedly older and is the only one present in the earliest poetry. There, and  are used for the meaning ‘people’.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) people, folk

Descendants

 * Hamburgisch:
 * Westphalian:
 * Lippisch:
 * Ravensbergisch:
 * Sauerländisch:
 * Westmünsterländisch:
 * Ravensbergisch:
 * Sauerländisch:
 * Westmünsterländisch:

Etymology
, from, from , from , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) folk music

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  folk music contemporary music in traditional style

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) folk music

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  music

Etymology
From, from , from , , from.

Noun

 * 1)   people
 * 2)  a people (larger social unit, often the people of a nation)
 * 3)  people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)
 * 4)  ordinary, reasonable people
 * 1)  a people (larger social unit, often the people of a nation)
 * 2)  people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)
 * 3)  ordinary, reasonable people
 * 1)  a people (larger social unit, often the people of a nation)
 * 2)  people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)
 * 3)  ordinary, reasonable people
 * 1)  people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)
 * 2)  ordinary, reasonable people
 * 1)  people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)
 * 2)  ordinary, reasonable people
 * 1)  people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)
 * 2)  ordinary, reasonable people
 * 1)  ordinary, reasonable people
 * 1)  ordinary, reasonable people
 * 1)  ordinary, reasonable people
 * 1)  ordinary, reasonable people
 * 1)  ordinary, reasonable people

Usage notes

 * Not inherently rustic like, but sometimes with similar connotations, as seen above.
 * Usually interchangeable with in the generic sense of people.
 * Refers to international law in.

Etymology
From, from.

Pronunciation

 * , /foːwk/

Noun

 * 1) people, folk

Interjection

 * 1) call at the door if anyone's home