"folk" meaning in Swedish

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Noun

IPA: /fɔlːk/ Audio: Sv-folk.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish fōlk, from Runic Swedish fulk, from Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|fōlk}} Old Swedish fōlk, {{der|sv|non|fólk}} Old Norse fólk, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*fulką}} Proto-Germanic *fulką Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=n|g2=|head=|sort=}} folk n, {{sv-noun|n}} folk n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], folk [indefinite, nominative, singular], folket [definite, nominative, singular], folk [indefinite, nominative, plural], folken [definite, nominative, plural], folks [genitive, indefinite, singular], folkets [definite, genitive, singular], folks [genitive, indefinite, plural], folkens [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (chiefly uncountable) people
    (countable) a people (larger social unit, often the people of a nation)
    Tags: countable, neuter
    Sense id: en-folk-sv-noun-sv:persons Categories (other): Swedish links with redundant target parameters
  2. (chiefly uncountable) people
    (chiefly uncountable) people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)
    Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-folk-sv-noun-sv:persons1 Categories (other): Swedish links with redundant target parameters
  3. (chiefly uncountable) people
    (chiefly uncountable) people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)
    (in some expressions) ordinary, reasonable people
    Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-folk-sv-noun-sv:persons1 Categories (other): Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Pages with entries, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 2 5 5 5 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 7 5 0 2 0 0 5 4 4 0 0 6 5 5 5 1 7 0 0 0 Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 2 0 1 2 4 4 2 3 2 2 6 3 3 2 0 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 3 6 3 8 1 0 0 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 35 13 47 4
  4. (chiefly uncountable) people Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-folk-sv-noun-sv:persons1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: människa, person, snubbe
Derived forms: erörvrarfolk, folka, folkabuss, folkdräkt, folkförbund, folkhem, folkhushållning, folkkonjak, folklig, folkliv, folklivsforskare, folklore, folklynne, folkminne, folkmusik, folkpartist, folkrätt, folksaga, folkstorm, folksång, folkvagn, folkvisa, folköl, fotfolk, kulturfolk, minoritetsfolk, naturfolk, småfolk, stamfolk, urfolk, värdfolk, ökenfolk

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "erörvrarfolk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "folkabuss"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "folkdräkt"
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      "word": "folkhem"
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      "word": "folkhushållning"
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    {
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      "word": "folkkonjak"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    {
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      "word": "folklivsforskare"
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      "word": "folklynne"
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    {
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      "word": "folkmusik"
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      "word": "folkrätt"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "folksaga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "folkstorm"
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    {
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      "form": "folk",
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    {
      "form": "folket",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "folk",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "folken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "folks",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "folkets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "folkens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "name": "head"
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      "expansion": "folk n",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "person"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "The people have spoken. Nisse's kebab sauce won the vote.",
          "text": "Folket har talat. Nisses kebabsås vann omröstningen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the American people",
          "text": "det amerikanska folket",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the Nordic peoples",
          "text": "de nordiska folken",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "cause a public outcry",
          "text": "orsaka en folkstorm",
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        }
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          "english": "people and lords",
          "text": "folk och herrar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the enemies of the people",
          "text": "folkets fiender",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The people rose up against the nobility and royalty",
          "text": "Folket reste sig mot adeln och kungamakten",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "folk music",
          "text": "folkmusik",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "folk costume",
          "text": "folkdräkt",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "people",
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        "(chiefly uncountable) people",
        "(chiefly uncountable) people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)"
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        {
          "english": "You seem stressed out, Nisse. Have a drink to straighten yourself out (\"so that you become like people\").",
          "text": "Du verkar stressad, Nisse. Ta dig en sup så att du blir som folk.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Act like a civilized person (\"like people\")!",
          "text": "Uppför dig som folk!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She should grow up and become a responsible adult (\"become like people\")",
          "text": "Hon borde växa upp och bli som folk",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "(chiefly uncountable) people",
        "(chiefly uncountable) people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)",
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        "in some expressions"
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There were a lot of people at Stig's party",
          "text": "Det var mycket folk på Stigs fest",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "There is a bunch of people standing over there",
          "text": "Det står en massa folk där borta",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "get lost in the sea of people",
          "text": "komma bort i folkhavet",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "common people",
          "text": "vanligt folk",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "people of high social standing, gentlefolk",
          "text": "fint folk",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "boat people (people into boating)",
          "text": "båtfolk",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "people and animals (idiomatic)",
          "text": "folk och fä",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Han är väl som folk är mest\nI guess he's like most people (\"like people are mostly\" – slightly unusual phrasing, but idiomatic in \"som group är mest\")",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɔlːk/"
    },
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      "audio": "Sv-folk.ogg",
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    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Runic Swedish"
  ],
  "word": "folk"
}
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    "West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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      "word": "erörvrarfolk"
    },
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      "word": "folka"
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      "word": "folkabuss"
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      "word": "folkhem"
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      "word": "folkkonjak"
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    {
      "word": "folklig"
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    {
      "word": "folkliv"
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    {
      "word": "folklivsforskare"
    },
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "folksång"
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    {
      "word": "folkvagn"
    },
    {
      "word": "folkvisa"
    },
    {
      "word": "folköl"
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    {
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    {
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    {
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        "plural"
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        "genitive",
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      "form": "folkets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "folks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "folkens",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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        "Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
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          "english": "The people have spoken. Nisse's kebab sauce won the vote.",
          "text": "Folket har talat. Nisses kebabsås vann omröstningen.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "the American people",
          "text": "det amerikanska folket",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "the Nordic peoples",
          "text": "de nordiska folken",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "cause a public outcry",
          "text": "orsaka en folkstorm",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "people",
        "a people (larger social unit, often the people of a nation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly uncountable) people",
        "(countable) a people (larger social unit, often the people of a nation)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sv:persons"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "Swedish uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "people and lords",
          "text": "folk och herrar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the enemies of the people",
          "text": "folkets fiender",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The people rose up against the nobility and royalty",
          "text": "Folket reste sig mot adeln och kungamakten",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "folk music",
          "text": "folkmusik",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "folk costume",
          "text": "folkdräkt",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "people",
        "people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly uncountable) people",
        "(chiefly uncountable) people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sv:persons"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "Swedish uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You seem stressed out, Nisse. Have a drink to straighten yourself out (\"so that you become like people\").",
          "text": "Du verkar stressad, Nisse. Ta dig en sup så att du blir som folk.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Act like a civilized person (\"like people\")!",
          "text": "Uppför dig som folk!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She should grow up and become a responsible adult (\"become like people\")",
          "text": "Hon borde växa upp och bli som folk",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "people",
        "people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)",
        "ordinary, reasonable people"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "ordinary",
          "ordinary"
        ],
        [
          "reasonable",
          "reasonable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly uncountable) people",
        "(chiefly uncountable) people (most people or the common people, sometimes also in terms of culture, traditions, etc.)",
        "(in some expressions) ordinary, reasonable people"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in some expressions"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sv:persons"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "Swedish uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There were a lot of people at Stig's party",
          "text": "Det var mycket folk på Stigs fest",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "There is a bunch of people standing over there",
          "text": "Det står en massa folk där borta",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "get lost in the sea of people",
          "text": "komma bort i folkhavet",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "common people",
          "text": "vanligt folk",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "people of high social standing, gentlefolk",
          "text": "fint folk",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "boat people (people into boating)",
          "text": "båtfolk",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "people and animals (idiomatic)",
          "text": "folk och fä",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Han är väl som folk är mest\nI guess he's like most people (\"like people are mostly\" – slightly unusual phrasing, but idiomatic in \"som group är mest\")",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "people"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly uncountable) people"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "sv:persons"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔlːk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-folk.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/Sv-folk.ogg/Sv-folk.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Sv-folk.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Runic Swedish"
  ],
  "word": "folk"
}

Download raw JSONL data for folk meaning in Swedish (7.8kB)

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  "msg": "''people'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "folk"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "folk",
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}

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