 | English | German  | |
| |
 | nation [community of people] | 538 Volk {n} | |
| people [nation, ethnic group] | 365 Volk {n} | |
| folk [people] | 245 Volk {n} [Leute] | |
| ethn. tribe | 106 Volk {n} [Stamm, kleines Volk] | |
| populace [population] | 75 Volk {n} [Bevölkerung] | |
| zool. colony | 13 Volk {n} | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| the people {pl} | das Volk {n} | |
| pol. sociol. the public [populace] | das Volk {n} | |
| people {pl} of that ilk | derlei Volk {n} [ugs.] | |
| a people | ein Volk {n} | |
| travelling people {pl} | fahrendes Volk {n} | |
| wandering people {pl} | fahrendes Volk {n} | |
| diddycoys [Br.] [coll.] [didicoys,didicois, didakais, didakeis] | fahrendes Volk {n} [keine echten Zigeuner] | |
| pol. oppressed people | geknechtetes Volk {n} [geh.] | |
| populace | gemeines Volk {n} | |
| the vulgar | gemeines Volk {n} | |
| common herd | gemeines Volk {n} | |
| commoners {pl} [Br.] | gemeines Volk {n} [veraltet] | |
| Germanic people | germanisches Volk {n} | |
| Jewry | jüdisches Volk {n} | |
| youth [treated as sg. or pl.] [young people] | junges Volk {n} [die jungen Leute] | |
| small nation | kleines Volk {n} | |
| belligerent people | kriegerisches Volk {n} | |
| maritime people | seefahrendes Volk {n} | |
| suppressed people [nation, ethnic group] | unterdrücktes Volk {n} | |
| backward people | unterentwickeltes Volk {n} | |
| primitive people | urwüchsiges Volk {n} | |
| relig. people of God | Volk {n} Gottes | |
| civilized people | zivilisiertes Volk {n} | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| pol. Regnat populus. [USA] [Arkansas state motto: The people rule.] | Das Volk herrscht. [Motto des US-Staates Arkansas] | |
| among the people {adv} | im Volk / Volke | |
| pol. elected by the people {adj} [postpos.] | vom Volk gewählt | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| to stir the nation | das Volk bewegen | |
| pol. to oppress the people | das Volk niederhalten | |
| to subdue a nation | ein Volk bezwingen | |
| pol. to oppress a nation | ein Volk unterdrücken [auch: niederhalten] | |
| to address the nation | zum Volk sprechen | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| the American people {pl} | das amerikanische Volk {n} | |
| bibl. relig. the chosen people {pl} | das auserwählte Volk {n} | |
| the German people {pl} | das deutsche Volk {n} | |
| commonality | das gemeine Volk {n} | |
| commonalty | das gemeine Volk {n} | |
| ordinary people {pl} | das gemeine Volk {n} | |
| the common people {pl} | das gemeine Volk {n} | |
| the hoi polloi | das gemeine Volk {n} | |
| the great unwashed [pej.] [the common people, the plebeians] | das gemeine Volk {n} [oft pej.] [veraltend] | |
| myth. the little people {pl} [Irish] [the leprechauns] | das kleine Volk {n} | |
| bibl. relig. the people {pl} of Israel | das Volk {n} Israel | |
| hist. triune Russian nation | dreieiniges russisches Volk {n} | |
| bibl. God's chosen people | Gottes erwähltes Volk {n} | |
| Irish travellers [Br.] [Pavees] | irisches fahrendes Volk {n} | |
| quote caviar to the general [idiom] [Shakespeare] | Kaviar {m} fürs Volk [Redewendung] | |
| the opium of the people | Opium {n} fürs Volk [literarisch] | |
| ethn. Carib people | Volk {n} der Kariben | |
| hist. pol. [People without Space] | Volk {n} ohne Raum | |
| seafaring people | Volk {n} von Seefahrern | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| quote We are the people! | Wir sind das Volk! | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| ethn. the Chamorro people {pl} [also: the Chamoru people] | das Volk {n} der Chamorro [Selbstbezeichnung: Chamoru] | |
| ethn. the Minahasan people {pl} | das Volk {n} der Minahasa | |
| ethn. the Songhai people {pl} [also: Songhay or Sonrai] | das Volk {n} der Songhai | |
| a nation in arms | ein Volk {n} unter Waffen | |
| a seafaring nation | ein Volk {n} von Seefahrern | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| quote Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people. [Abraham Lincoln] | Demokratie ist die Regierung des Volkes, durch das Volk, für das Volk. | |
| hist. quote Now, people, rise up, and let the storm break loose! | Nun, Volk, steh auf, und Sturm, brich los! [Goebbels] | |
| quote Religion is opium for the people. [paraphrased and altered statement of Karl Marx] | Religion ist Opium für das Volk. [verkürzte und veränderte Fassung eines Zitats von Karl Marx] | |
| lit. quote One people will we be, a band of brothers, no danger, no distress shall sunder us. [trans.: Sir Thomas Martin] | Wir wollen sein ein einzig Volk von Brüdern, in keiner Not uns trennen und Gefahr. [Rütli-Schwur in Friedrich Schillers "Wilhelm Tell"] | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| to precipitate a nation into war | ein Volk in einen / den Krieg stürzen | |
| to have the common touch [politician, major etc.] | einen guten Draht zum (einfachen) Volk haben | |
| idiom to go slumming [coll.] | sich unters gemeine Volk mischen | |
| to be slumming (it) | sich unters gemeine Volk mischen [meist hum.] | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| idiom the nation of poets and philosophers | das Volk {n} der Dichter und Denker | |
| idiom quote the nation of judges and hangmen | das Volk {n} der Richter und Henker [Karl Kraus] | |
| hist. The Senate and Roman People <SPQR> [Senatus Populusque Romanus] | Senat {m} und Volk von Rom <S. P. Q. R., SPQR, S.P.Q.R.> | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| art F Liberty Leading the People [Eugène Delacroix] | Die Freiheit führt das Volk | |
| lit. F Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk | Josefine, die Sängerin oder Das Volk der Mäuse [Franz Kafka] | |
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