Volk
German, noun/fɔlk/
Volk is spelled V-O-L-K (4 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written German, the 1,205th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volk is a German neuter noun meaning “people, nation, folk, tribe, race (group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “viele gleichartige Leute”.
What does Volk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpeople, nation, folk, tribe, race (group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language)
- 2
neuterpeople, population, citizens
- 3
datedneutercommon people, the lower classes, the working classes
- 4
neuterfolk, crowd (large group of people gathered somewhere)
- 5
neuterherd, covey, swarm, colony; chiefly of insects
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. viele gleichartige Leute 2. Gruppe von Menschen mit einer gemeinsamen Kultur, Sprache und Geschichte oder derselben Abstammung 3. die unteren und mittleren Schichten der Bevölkerung 4. Leute desselben Staates
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Volk
- Volkes genitive
- Volks genitive
- Völker plural
- Völkchen diminutive neuter
- Völklein diminutive neuter
- Volke dative singular
- Völkern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Volk?
- /fɔlk/
- [fɔlk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Volk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Volk in German?
Volk appears 71 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).