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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] folc; akin to Old High German folc people

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] folc; akin to Old High German folc people

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century 12th Century]

The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#1500-present.09THE_MODERN_ENGLISH_PERIOD Modern English] [[word]] folk, derives from Old English folc [[meaning]] "common people", "men", "[[tribe]]" or "multitude". The Old English noun itself came from Proto-Germanic *fulka which perhaps [[originally]] referred to a "host of [[warriors]]". Compare Old Norse folk meaning "people" but more so "army" or "detachment", German Gefolge ("host"), and Lithuanian pulkas [[meaning]] "crowd". The latter is [[considered]] to be an early Lithuanian loanword from Germanic [[origin]], cf. Belarusian полк - połk [[meaning]] regiment and German Pulk for a group of [[persons]] standing [[together]].

The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#1500-present.09THE_MODERN_ENGLISH_PERIOD Modern English] [[word]] folk, derives from Old English folc [[meaning]] "common people", "men", "[[tribe]]" or "multitude". The Old English noun itself came from Proto-Germanic *fulka which perhaps [[originally]] referred to a "host of [[warriors]]". Compare Old Norse folk meaning "people" but more so "army" or "detachment", German Gefolge ("host"), and Lithuanian pulkas [[meaning]] "crowd". The latter is [[considered]] to be an early Lithuanian loanword from Germanic [[origin]], cf. Belarusian полк - połk [[meaning]] regiment and German Pulk for a group of [[persons]] standing [[together]].

The [[word]] became colloquialized (usually in the plural folks) in [[English]] in the sense "people", and was [[considered]] inelegant by the beginning of the 19th century. It re-entered [[academic]] [[English]] through the [[invention]] of the word [[folklore]] in 1846 by the antiquarian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thoms William J. Thoms] (1803–85) as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_language Anglo-Saxonism]. This word revived folk in a [[modern]] sense of "of the common people, whose [[culture]] is handed down [[orally]]", and opened up a flood of compound formations, e.g. folk art (1921), folk-hero (1899), folk-medicine (1898), folk-tale (1891), folk-song (1847), folk-dance (1912). Folk-music is from 1889; in reference to the branch of modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music popular music] (associated with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village Greenwich Village] in New York City) here it dates from 1958. It is also regional music.

The [[word]] became colloquialized (usually in the plural folks) in [[English]] in the sense "people", and was [[considered]] inelegant by the beginning of the 19th century. It re-entered [[academic]] [[English]] through the [[invention]] of the word [[folklore]] in 1846 by the antiquarian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thoms William J. Thoms] (1803–85) as an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_language Anglo-Saxonism]. This word revived folk in a [[modern]] sense of "of the common people, whose [[culture]] is handed down [[orally]]", and opened up a flood of compound formations, e.g. folk art (1921), folk-hero (1899), folk-medicine (1898), folk-tale (1891), folk-song (1847), folk-dance (1912). Folk-music is from 1889; in reference to the branch of modern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music popular music] (associated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village Greenwich Village] in New York City) here it dates from 1958. It is also regional music.

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1archaic : a [[group]] of kindred [[tribes]] forming a [[nation]] : people

*1archaic : a [[group]] of kindred [[tribes]] forming a [[nation]] : people

*4: plural : people generally

*4: plural : people generally

*5: folks plural : the [[persons]] of one's own [[family]]; especially : [[parents]]

*5: folks plural : the [[persons]] of one's own [[family]]; especially : [[parents]]

*6: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/folk music Folk Music]

*6: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/folk music Folk Music]

==Description==

==Description==

In German the [[word]] ''Volk'' can have several [[different]] [[meanings]], such as folk ([[simple]] people), people in the [[ethnic]] sense, and [[nation]].

In German the [[word]] ''Volk'' can have several [[different]] [[meanings]], such as folk ([[simple]] people), people in the [[ethnic]] sense, and [[nation]].

German ''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").

German ''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").

A number of völkisch [[movements]] existed prior to [[World War I]]. Combining interest in [[folklore]], [[ecology]], [[occultism]] and [[romanticism]] with ethnic [[nationalism]], their [[ideologies]] were a strong influence on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi Nazi] party, which itself was inspired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler Adolf Hitler]'s membership of the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German Workers' Party), even though Hitler in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf Mein Kampf] himself denounced usage of the [[word]] völkisch as he considered it too vague as to carry any recognizable [[meaning]] due to former over-use. Today, the term völkisch is largely restricted to historical [[contexts]] describing the closing 19th century and early 20th century up to Hitler's seize of power in 1933, especially during the years of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Republic Weimar Republic].

A number of völkisch [[movements]] existed prior to [[World War I]]. Combining interest in [[folklore]], [[ecology]], [[occultism]] and [[romanticism]] with ethnic [[nationalism]], their [[ideologies]] were a strong influence on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi Nazi] party, which itself was inspired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler Adolf Hitler]'s membership of the Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (German Workers' Party), even though Hitler in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf Mein Kampf] himself denounced usage of the [[word]] völkisch as he considered it too vague as to carry any recognizable [[meaning]] due to former over-use. Today, the term völkisch is largely restricted to historical [[contexts]] describing the closing 19th century and early 20th century up to Hitler's seize of power in 1933, especially during the years of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Republic Weimar Republic].

Because Volk is the generic German [[word]] for "people" in the ethnic sense today as well as for "people entitled to [[vote]]" (Wahlvolk), its use does not necessarily denote any particular [[political]] views in post-1945 Germany. However, because of its [[past]], the [[word]] is rarely used with Bevölkerung ("[[population]]") serving as a substitute. "Wir sind das Volk!" ("We are the people!") was a [[chant]] used by the Monday [[demonstrators]] during the peaceful demonstrations of 1989/1990 to end the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany DDR] and bring down the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall Berlin Wall].

Because Volk is the generic German [[word]] for "people" in the ethnic sense today as well as for "people entitled to [[vote]]" (Wahlvolk), its use does not necessarily denote any particular [[political]] views in post-1945 Germany. However, because of its [[past]], the [[word]] is rarely used with Bevölkerung ("[[population]]") serving as a substitute. "Wir sind das Volk!" ("We are the people!") was a [[chant]] used by the Monday [[demonstrators]] during the peaceful demonstrations of 1989/1990 to end the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany DDR] and bring down the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall Berlin Wall].

==See also==

==See also==

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