folk – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of folk

Noun: folk
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Nominative

Sg. Indef.folk
Sg. Def.folket
Pl. Indef.folk
Pl. Def.folken

Genitive

Sg. Indef.folks
Sg. Def.folkets
Pl. Indef.folks
Pl. Def.folkens

Sample Sentences

  • Det var mycket folk på Stigs fest (There were a lot of people at Stig's party)
  • Det står en massa folk där borta (There is a bunch of people standing over there)
  • komma bort i folkhavet (get lost in the sea of people)
  • vanligt folk (common people)
  • fint folk (people of high social standing, gentlefolk)
  • båtfolk (boat people (people into boating))
  • folk och fä (people and animals (idiomatic))
  • Han är väl som folk är mest (I guess he's like most people [like people are mostly – slightly unusual phrasing, but idiomatic in "som group är mest"])
  • Folket har talat. Nisses kebabsås vann omröstningen. (The people have spoken. Nisse's kebab sauce won the vote.)
  • det amerikanska folket (the American people)
  • de nordiska folken (the Nordic peoples)
  • orsaka en folkstorm (cause a public outcry)
  • folk och herrar (people and lords)
  • folkets fiender (the enemies of the people)
  • Folket reste sig mot adeln och kungamakten (The people rose up against the nobility and royalty)
  • folkmusik (folk music)
  • folkdräkt (folk costume)
  • Du verkar stressad, Nisse. Ta dig en sup så att du blir som folk. (You seem stressed out, Nisse. Have a drink to straighten yourself out [so that you become like people].)
  • Uppför dig som folk! (Act like a civilized person [like people]!)
  • Hon borde växa upp och bli som folk (She should grow up and become a responsible adult [become like people])

Etymology

From Old Swedish fōlk, from Runic Swedish fulk, from Old Norse fólk, folk, from Proto-Germanic *fulką.

Verbs referencing "folk"

German Nouns Volk.

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