Volks-

Volks- in cpds → popular; (= auf ein Land bezogen) → national; (Pol) → people’s;

Vo#lks|ab|stim|mung

f → plebiscite

Vo#lks|ar|mee

f (DDR) → People’s Army

Vo#lks|ar|mist

m <-en, -en>, Vọlks|ar|mis|tin

f <-, -nen> (DDR) → soldier in the People’s Army

Vo#lks|auf|stand

m → national uprising

Vo#lks|aus|ga|be

f → popular edition

Vo#lks|be|auf|trag|te(r)

mf decl as adj → people’s representative or delegate

Vo#lks|be|fra|gung

f → public opinion poll

Vo#lks|be|frei|ungs|ar|mee

f → people’s liberation army

Vo#lks|be|geh|ren

nt → petition for a referendum

Vo#lks|be|lus|ti|gung

f → public entertainment

Vo#lks|be|we|gung

f → popular movement

Vo#lks|bil|dung

f → national education; (= Erwachsenenbildung) → adult education

Vo#lks|brauch

m → national custom

Vo#lks|bü|che|rei

f → public library

Vo#lks|büh|ne

f → people’s theatre (Brit) → or theater (US)

Vo#lks|cha|rak|ter

m → national character

Vo#lks|de|mo|kra|tie

f → people’s democracy

Vo#lks|deut|sche(r)

mf decl as adj → ethnic German

Vo#lks|dich|ter(in)

m(f) → people’s poet

Vo#lks|dich|tung

f → folk literature; (= Gedichte) → folk poetry

vo#lks|ei|gen

adj (DDR) → nationally-owned; (in Namen) → People’s Own

Vo#lks|ei|gen|tum

nt (DDR) → national property, property of the people; im Volks- → nationally-owned, owned by the people

Vo#lks|ein|kom|men

nt → national income

Vo#lks|emp|fin|den

nt → public feeling; das gesunde Volks- → popular sentiment

Vo#lks|ent|scheid

m → referendum

Vo#lks|er|he|bung

f → popular or national uprising

Vo#lks|ety|mo|lo|gie

f → folk etymology

Vo#lks|feind(in)

m(f) → enemy of the people

vo#lks|feind|lich

adj → hostile to the people

Vo#lks|fest

nt → public festival; (= Jahrmarkt) → funfair

Vo#lks|front

f (Pol) → popular front

Vo#lks|ge|nos|se

m, Vọlks|ge|nos|sin

f (NS) → national comrade

Vo#lks|ge|richts|hof

m (NS) → People’s Court

Vo#lks|ge|sund|heit

f → public health

Vo#lks|glau|be(n)

m → popular belief

Vo#lks|grup|pe

f → ethnic group; (= Minderheit) → ethnic minority

Vo#lks|held(in)

m(f) → popular hero/heroine; (= Held des Landes) → national hero/heroine

Vo#lks|herr|schaft

f → popular rule, rule of the people

Vo#lks|hoch|schu|le

f → adult education centre (Brit) → or center (US); einen Kurs an der Volks- machen → to do an adult education class; (am Abend auch) → to do an evening class

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Vọlks-:

Vo#lks|ini|ti|a|ti|ve

f (Pol) (Ger) petition for a matter to be debated in the state parliament (Sw) → petition for a referendum

Vo#lks|jus|tiz

f → popular justice

Vo#lks|kam|mer

f (DDR) → East German Parliament

Vo#lks|krank|heit

f → widespread disease

Vo#lks|kü|che

f → soup kitchen

Vo#lks|kun|de

f → folklore

Vo#lks|kund|ler

m <-s, ->, Vọlks|kund|le|rin

f <-, -nen> → folklorist

vo#lks|kund|lich

adj → folkloristic; ein Volks-es Institut → an institute of folklore

Vo#lks|lauf

m (Sport) → open cross-country race

Vo#lks|lied

nt → folk song

Vo#lks|mär|chen

nt → folk tale

Vo#lks|mei|nung

f → public or popular opinion

Vo#lks|men|ge

f → crowd, mob (pej)

Vo#lks|mund

m, no pl → vernacular; im Volks- nennt man das … → this is popularly called …, in the vernacular this is called …

Vo#lks|mu|sik

f → folk music

vo#lks|nah

adj → popular, in touch with the people; (Pol) → grass-roots attr

Vo#lks|nä|he

f sie ist bekannt für ihre Volks- → she is renowned for her popular touch

Vo#lks|par|tei

f → people’s party

Vo#lks|po|e|sie

f → folk poetry

Vo#lks|po|li|zei

f (DDR) → People’s Police

Vo#lks|po|li|zist(in)

m(f) (DDR) → member of the People’s Police

Vo#lks|re|de

f (rare: lit) → public speech; (inf) → (long) speech; du sollst keine Volks- halten! (inf) → I/we don’t want any speeches!

Vo#lks|re|pub|lik

f → people’s republic

Vo#lks|sa|ge

f → folk legend, folk tale

Vo#lks|schicht

f → level of society, social stratum

Vo#lks|schul|ab|schluss ?

m (dated) → elementary school-leaving certificate

Vo#lks|schu|le

f (dated) → ˜ elementary school (Hist), school providing basic primary and secondary education

Vo#lks|schü|ler(in)

m(f) (dated) → ˜ pupil at elementary school (Hist)

Vo#lks|schul|leh|rer(in)

m(f) (dated) → ˜ elementary school teacher (Hist)

Vo#lks|see|le

f → soul of the people; die kochende Volks- → the seething or angry populace

Vo#lks|seu|che

f → epidemic

Vo#lks|sou|ve|rä|ni|tät

f (Pol) → sovereignty of the people

Vo#lks|sport

m → national sport

Vo#lks|spra|che

f → everyday language, vernacular

Vo#lks|staat

m (Pol) → people’s state

Vo#lks|stamm

m → tribe

Vo#lks|stim|me

f → voice of the people

Vo#lks|stück

nt → dialect folk play

Vo#lks|sturm

m (Hist) → Volkssturm, German territorial army

Vo#lks|tanz

m → folk dance

Vo#lks|the|a|ter

nt → folk theatre (Brit) → or theater (US); (Gattung auch) → folk drama

Vo#lks|tracht

f → traditional costume; (eines Landes) → national costume

Vo#lks|trau|er|tag

m → national day of mourning, ˜ Remembrance Day (Brit), → ˜ Veterans’ Day (US)

Vo#lks|tri|bun

m (Hist) → tribune (of the people)

Vo#lks|tum

nt <-s>, no pl → national traditions pl, → folklore

Volks|tü|me|lei

f <-, -en> (inf) → folksiness (inf)

vo#lks|tüm|lich

adj → folk attr, → folksy (inf); (= traditionell, überliefert) → traditional; (= beliebt) → popular; ein Volks-er König → a king with the common touch

adv etw Volks- darstellen → to popularize sth; etw Volks- ausdrücken → to express oneself in plain language

Vo#lks|tüm|lich|keit

f <->, no pl → folksiness (inf); (= traditionelle, überlieferte Art) → tradition; (= Beliebtheit) → popularity; (von Darstellungs-, Ausdrucksweise) → popular appeal; (von König) → common touch

vo#lks|ver|bun|den

adj → close to the people

Vo#lks|ver|füh|rer(in)

m(f) → demagogue

Vo#lks|ver|het|zung

f → incitement (of the people or masses)

Vo#lks|ver|mö|gen

nt → national wealth

Vo#lks|ver|samm|lung

f → people’s assembly; (= Kundgebung) → public gathering

Vo#lks|ver|tre|ter(in)

m(f) → representative or delegate of the people

Vo#lks|ver|tre|tung

f → representative body (of the people)

Vo#lks|wirt(in)

m(f) → economist

Vo#lks|wirt|schaft

f → national economy; (Fach) → economics sing, → political economy; Volks- und Betriebswirtschaft → economics and business studies

Vo#lks|wirt|schaft|ler(in)

m(f) → economist

vo#lks|wirt|schaft|lich

adj Schaden, Nutzen → economic

Vo#lks|wirt|schafts|leh|re

f → economics sing, → political economy

Vo#lks|wohl

nt → good or welfare of the people, public weal

Vo#lks|zäh|lung

f → (national) census

Vo#lks|zorn

m → public anger

Vo#lks|zu|ge|hö|rig|keit

f → ethnic origin