Volkstanz
German, noun[ˈfɔlksˌtant͡s]
Volkstanz is spelled V-O-L-K-S-T-A-N-Z (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volkstanz is a German masculine noun meaning “folk dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tanz des Volkes im Gegensatz zu Tänzen angeblicher höheren Gesellschaft und im Gegensatz zu den Bühnentänzen”.
What does Volkstanz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefolk dance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tanz des Volkes im Gegensatz zu Tänzen angeblicher höheren Gesellschaft und im Gegensatz zu den Bühnentänzen
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 Volkstanz
- Volkstanzes genitive
- Volkstänze plural
- Volkstanze dative singular
- Volkstänzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Volkstanz?
- [ˈfɔlksˌtant͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Volkstanz in German?
Volkstanz appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).