"folk" meaning in Danish

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Noun

IPA: /fɔlk/, [fʌlˀɡ̊]
Etymology: From Old Norse fólk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką. Etymology templates: {{inh|da|non|fólk}} Old Norse fólk, {{inh|da|gem-pro|*fulką}} Proto-Germanic *fulką Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|folket||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|folk||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=n|g2=|head=}} folk n (singular definite folket, plural indefinite folk), {{da-noun|et}} folk n (singular definite folket, plural indefinite folk) Inflection templates: {{da-noun-infl|et|folk|folkene|||folks|folkenes}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=n|gen-pl-def=folkenes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=folks|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=folkets|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=folks|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=folkene|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=folk|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=folket|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=folk}} Forms: folket [definite, singular], folk [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], folk [indefinite, nominative, singular], folket [definite, nominative, singular], folk [indefinite, nominative, plural], folkene [definite, nominative, plural], folks [genitive, indefinite, singular], folkets [definite, genitive, singular], folks [genitive, indefinite, plural], folkenes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. people, persons Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-folk-da-noun-IYz39JAV
  2. one, people Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-folk-da-noun-5tXsSa~C
  3. (countable) a people, a nation (not necessarily politically or geographically united) Tags: countable, neuter Synonyms (nation): folkeslag, nation
    Sense id: en-folk-da-noun-gnHGrEEn Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 18 9 58 2 13 Disambiguation of 'nation': 0 0 100 0
  4. crew Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-folk-da-noun-nK4HounO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hoffolk
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ˈfɔwɡ̊] Forms: folken [definite, singular]
Etymology: From English folk (“folk music”). Etymology templates: {{bor|da|en|folk||folk music}} English folk (“folk music”) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|folken||{{{sg-def-2}}}|not used in plural form|||-||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{com}}}|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} folk c (singular definite folken, not used in plural form), {{da-noun|en|-}} folk c (singular definite folken, not used in plural form)
  1. folk music (contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music) Tags: common-gender, no-plural
    Sense id: en-folk-da-noun-DxcQwDX-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Der var mange folk på torvet."
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        {
          "english": "People don't know how much their hamsters are worth.",
          "text": "Folk ved ikke hvor meget deres hamstre er værd."
        }
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          "_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
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      "ipa": "[fʌlˀɡ̊]"
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        }
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      "sense": "nation",
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  "word": "folk"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Danish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.