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volkseigen

German, adjective/ˈfɔlksˌʔaɪ̯ɡŋ̩/

volkseigen is spelled V-O-L-K-S-E-I-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volkseigen is a German adjective meaning “popular (of the people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der Allgemeinheit, dem Volk gehörend”.

What does volkseigen mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    popular (of the people)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. der Allgemeinheit, dem Volk gehörend

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 volkseigen

  • volkseigener masculine nominative singular
  • volkseigene feminine nominative singular
  • volkseigenes neuter nominative singular
  • volkseigenen genitive masculine singular
  • volkseigenem dative masculine singular
  • der volkseigene definite includes-article masculine
  • die volkseigene definite feminine includes-article
  • das volkseigene definite includes-article neuter
  • die volkseigenen definite includes-article nominative
  • des volkseigenen definite genitive includes-article
  • der volkseigenen definite feminine genitive
  • dem volkseigenen dative definite includes-article
  • den volkseigenen dative definite includes-article
  • volkseigner positive nominative strong
  • volkseigne positive nominative strong
  • volkseignes positive nominative strong
  • volkseignen positive genitive strong
  • volkseignem positive dative strong

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce volkseigen?

  • /ˈfɔlksˌʔaɪ̯ɡŋ̩/
  • [ˈfɔlksˌʔaɪ̯ɡn̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is volkseigen in German?

volkseigen appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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