Volkstod
German, noun/ˈfɔlksˌtoːt/
Volkstod is spelled V-O-L-K-S-T-O-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volkstod is a German masculine noun meaning “A dying out of a people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Aussterben eines Volkes”.
What does Volkstod mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA dying out of a people.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aussterben eines Volkes
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 Volkstod
- Volkstodes genitive
- Volkstods genitive
- Volkstode plural
- Volkstoden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Volkstod?
- /ˈfɔlksˌtoːt/
- [ˈfɔlksˌtoːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Volkstod in German?
Volkstod appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).