| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| volkslied |
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| SYLLABICATION: | volks·lied |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f ks l t , fôlks- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. volks·lie·der (-ld r)
A folk song. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German : Volks, genitive of Volk, people (from Middle High German volc, from Old High German folc; see pel-1 in Appendix I) + Lied, song; see lied.
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