Volk (German word)
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In German, the word Volk may mean folk (simple people), people in the ethnic sense, and nation.
Volk is commonly used as the first, determining part (head) of compound nouns such as Volksentscheid (plebiscite, literally "decision of/by the people") or Völkerbund (League of Nations), or the car manufacturer Volkswagen (literally, "people's car").
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See also
- Volcae#Namesake
- populus
- pueblo
- people
- þeod
- Volksdeutsche
- Johann Gottfried Herder
- Volksgeist
- Volkshalle
- Volksmusik
- Volkshochschule
- Volkssturm
- Volkswagen
- Dutch
- Folk music
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