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English

Alternative forms

• vok, volk, volke (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?-gós, from *pleh?- (“to fill”). Cognate with German Volk, Dutch volk, Swedish folk and Danish folk. Doublet of volk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fo?k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Adjective

folk (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a land, their culture, tradition, or history.
2. Of or pertaining to common people as opposed to ruling classes or elites.
3. (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles.
4. Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.

Derived terms

• folk etymology

Translations

Noun

folk (plural folk or folks)

1. (archaic) A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.
   • J. R. Green

     The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war.

2. The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.
   • 1907, Race Prejudice, Jean Finot, page 251:

     We thus arrive at a most unexpected imbroglio. The French have become a Germanic folk and the Germanic folk have become Gaulish!

3. (plural only, plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.
4. (music) Folk music.
5. (plural only) People in general.
6. (plural only) A particular group of people.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• "folk" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 136.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fólk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?lk/, [f?l???]

Noun

folk n (singular definite folket, plural indefinite folk)

1. people, persons

   Der var mange folk på torvet.

   There were many people on the plaza.

2. one, people

   Folk ved ikke hvor meget deres hamstre er værd.

   People don't know how much their hamsters are worth.

3. (countable) a people, a nation (not necessarily politically or geographically united)
4. crew

Declension

Synonyms

• (nation): folkeslag, nation

Derived terms

• hoffolk

Further reading

• “folk” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “folk” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From English folk (“folk music”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?w??]

Noun

folk c (singular definite folken, not used in plural form)

1. folk music (contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music)

See also

• folk on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Finnish

Alternative forms

• folkki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?folk/, [?fo?lk]
• Rhymes: -olk
• Syllabification: folk

Noun

folk

1. (music) folk, folk music

Declension

Compounds

• folklaulaja
• folkmusiikki

Middle English

Alternative forms

• folke, foolk, fok, folck, folc, follc, volk

Etymology

From Old English folk, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?lk/

Noun

folk (plural folk or folkes)

1. people, folk (multiple individuals)
2. nation, race, stock
3. group, band, troop (of people):
   1. subjects, followers, comitatus
   2. army, retinue (group of armed people)
   3. gathering, parliament
4. family, kin, relatives
5. humankind, humanity; all people
6. (rare) creatures, beings

Usage notes

Can be treated as a singular or a plural noun.

Related terms

• lond folk
• Northfolk
• Suffolk

Descendants

• English: folk
• Scots: fowk

References

• “folk, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Noun

folk n (definite singular folket, indefinite plural folk, definite plural folka or folkene)

1. a people
2. people in general
3. folk

Derived terms

Related terms

• avfolke
• befolke

References

• “folk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fólk, folk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?lk/

Noun

folk n (definite singular folket, indefinite plural folk, definite plural folka)

1. people

Derived terms

References

• “folk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• fulk,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Noun

folk n

1. people, folk

Inflection

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: folk

• Saterland Frisian: Foulk
• West Frisian: folk

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• folc

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Noun

folk n

1. people, folk

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: volk
  • Low German:
    • German Low German:

      Hamburgisch: Volk

      Westphalian:

      Lippisch: Volk

      Ravensbergisch: Folk

      Sauerländisch: Volk

      Westmünsterländisch: Volk

  • Plautdietsch: Volkj

Polish

Etymology

From English folk (music), from Middle English folk, from Old English folc, from Proto-West Germanic *folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?-gós, from *pleh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?lk/

Noun

folk m inan

1. folk music (contemporary music in traditional style)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) foklowy

Related terms

• (adverb) foklowo

Further reading

• folk in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• folk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English folk.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?fow.ki/

Noun

folk m (uncountable)

1. (music) folk music (contemporary music in traditional style)

   Synonym: música folk

Romanian

Etymology

From English folk.

Noun

folk n (uncountable)

1. folk music

Declension

Scots

Noun

folk (plural folks)

1. Alternative spelling of fowk

Spanish

Etymology

English folk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?folk/, [?folk]

Noun

folk m (uncountable)

1. folk (music)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Pronunciation

Noun

folk n

1. (uncountable) people in general, humans
2. a people, a nation; in compounds referring to local or national traditions (folklore), national institutions (folkhem) or international relations (folkrätt)

Declension

Derived terms

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulk?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /folk/

Noun

folk n (plural folken, diminutive folkje)

1. people, folk

Further reading

• “folk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Interjection

folk

1. call at the door if anyone's home

English

Etymology

trickster +? -ism

Noun

tricksterism (uncountable)

1. The use of a trickster character in folk literature.