Alternative spellings

  • voke, volk, volke (dialectal)

Adjective

folk (not comparable)

Positive folk

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

  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.

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Thu Nov 19 04:43:15 2009

The English word Folk ("people") is derived from a Germanic noun *fulka meaning "people" or "army" (i.e. a crowd as opposed to "a people" in a more abstract sense of clan or tribe). The English word folk has cognates in most of the other Germanic languages. Folk may be a Germanic root that is unique to the Germanic languages, although Latin vulgus, "the common people", has been suggested as a possible cognate.

Cognates in other Germanic language

Folk has a cognate in almost every other Germanic language, all deriving from Proto-Germanic "*fulka", some are listed below:

In all Germanic languages, the variant of "folk" means "people" or something related to the people.

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Wed Nov 25 16:45:22 2009

What is the difference between a folk guitar and an acoustic?
Q. Is it a big difference? I want an acoustic guitar, but would a folk guitar be similar?
Asked by Jo - Fri Aug 28 00:47:15 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Acoustic is a genre of acoustic guitar. The steel guitar that is. Other acoustic guitars are classical guitar and flamenco guitar. Which are both a LOT harder to learn than steel and electric guitars!
Answered by Y2H - Mon Aug 31 21:20:28 2009

Where do you find the centipede on Animal Crossing City Folk?How do you catch it?
Q. I recently bought the net, fishing pole, and shovel on Animal Crossing City Folk for the Wii. Now I dint know how to find the centipede for Angus! Please help me!
Asked by Answers Girl - Fri Dec 26 11:54:00 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Well i found my centipede by hitting a rock with a shovel and sometimes a bug will fall on the ground.And then catch it with your net and p.s.Youu dont have to catch anything for anybody.After a while if you dont catch it they'll just be bummed out.
Answered by harpert-mano - Fri Dec 26 13:04:51 2008

How can you get into the lighthouse in Animal Crossing City Folk?
Q. Ive had the lighthouse for a long time know and I cant get into it. I know the Mayor asks you to turn the light on sometimes in Animal crossing wild world, but does the same thing happen in City Folk? And when does it happen?
Asked by Ryan - Fri Nov 27 17:47:56 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Actually there was no lighthouse in Animal Crossing: Wild World, just in the origianl animal crossing for the GameCube. Tortimer asks you to turn it on in the game cube version of the game but not in City Folk. It just stays the way it is. Sorry!
Answered by Carol of the Bells - Sun Nov 29 10:19:30 2009

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Thu Dec 24 17:26:27 2009

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David Burbidge, bass singer with the Cautley Carrollers and organiser of the Dent Folk Carols festival, said: It's amazing that a leading music res-earcher ...
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Mr. Brown, of Wrentham, spent about 45 minutes at Vaillancourt Folk Art in the former Manchaug Mills complex on Main Street, where he talked with business ...



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 Folk Roots/ Folk Branches with Mike Regenstreif: This week in Folk ...
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Folk. Roots/. Folk. Branches with Mike Regenstreif was a Thursday tradition on CKUT in Montreal for nearly 14 years from February 3, 1994 until August 30, 2007. . Folk. Roots/. Folk. Branches continued as occasional features on CKUT and is now ...

Christmas Sweetheart Memories Advent Calendar Folk Archivist's Blog
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*Sigh*. I'm afraid this is not a topic I have much to say on. Most of my four Christmases have been spent surrounded with family and loved ones, but very few (maybe three?) with a Sweetheart. It's something I wouldn't mind changing one ...

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Open Air . Folk. Museum, Arnhem.

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