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volk

volk noun: the Afrikaner people. Also the alternative form of folk.

Noun

volk pl (plural only)

  1. (South Africa, plural, plural-only) The Afrikaner people.
    • The lover, Tertius […] is a journalist regarded by many of his family as a traitor to the volk.2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury, published 2013, page 22

Proper noun capitalized: Volk

Volk

  1. A surname.

Also used as

volk is also the alternative form of folk.

Origin of volk

Borrowed from Afrikaans volk. Doublet of folk.

From Middle English volk, southern form of folk; compare vixen.

Questions about volk

What does volk mean?
Volk means the Afrikaner people.
What part of speech is volk?
Volk can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near volk in the dictionary

  1. volitive
  2. volitively
  3. volitives
  4. volitivity
  5. volitorial
  6. volk
  7. Volkamer lemon
  8. Volkamer lemons
  9. volkensiflavone
  10. volkensin
  11. Volkert

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