durch gemeinsame Kultur und Geschichte [und Sprache] verbundene große Gemeinschaft von Menschen
“ein freies, unterdrücktes Volk”
[ohne Plural]
Masse der Angehörigen einer Gesellschaft, der Bevölkerung eines Landes, eines Staatsgebiets
“das arbeitende, werktätige, unwissende Volk”
Many people who’re connected through similar history and culture, “a free people”, “a suppressed people”
[without plural] Members of a society, the inhabitants of a country, “the working people”, …
No, it’s definitely not a comprehensive definition, I was going for the meaning in context of VW. The correct response to pedantry is pedantry, though :)
In German spoken since the nazis used it as a propaganda term it has taken on a different connotation. The denotation of “Volk” may be “people” in some senses, but “Menschen” fits much better for most uses of people. “A people” is “ein Volk,” but “people” is most commonly used as the plural of “person,” which would be “Mensch.” “Volk” has an ethnic connotation, which the singular meaning of “people” has, but the plural does not.
Elon Musk isn’t a Nazi, FFS.
… Nazis could make cars.
Ah, he’s the Elonazi of cars.
VW means people’s car. Making nice cars is a socialism, apparently.
That’s not wrong, but Volk is more nuanced than that. Think somewhere between folk and ethnicity, so it’s still fascist.
Not entirely true
No, it’s definitely not a comprehensive definition, I was going for the meaning in context of VW. The correct response to pedantry is pedantry, though :)
Yeah, you are right.
You’re wrong.
In German and Dutch it just means people.
In German spoken since the nazis used it as a propaganda term it has taken on a different connotation. The denotation of “Volk” may be “people” in some senses, but “Menschen” fits much better for most uses of people. “A people” is “ein Volk,” but “people” is most commonly used as the plural of “person,” which would be “Mensch.” “Volk” has an ethnic connotation, which the singular meaning of “people” has, but the plural does not.
He’s a cheap American imitation Porsche family.