"folk" meaning in Englisch

See folk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: fəʊk, foʊk Audio: En-us-folk.ogg Forms: the folk [singular], the folk [plural], the folks [plural]
Rhymes: əʊk Etymology: von altenglisch folc, aus germanisch *folkom "Leute", verwandt mit altfriesisch folk, altsächsisch folc, althochdeutsch folc und deutsch Volk
  1. Volk
    Sense id: de-folk-en-noun-7q6rUepM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kindred, nation, people, volk Derived forms: filk, folklore, folksy, folks, folk-dance, folk-music, folk-song, folk-tale Translations (Volk): Volk (Deutsch), folk (Dänisch), fólk (Isländisch), folk (Schwedisch)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "English folk enjoy eating corn.",
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      "word": "folk"
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      "word": "folks"
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    {
      "word": "folk-dance"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "folk-song"
    },
    {
      "word": "folk-tale"
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      "sense": "Volk",
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      "word": "Volk"
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      "sense": "Volk",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Englisch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-01 from the dewiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (db8a5a5 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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