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dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 day agoYep. Much like the swastika was a Hindu and Buddhist symbol (that Hindus and Buddhists have largely given up b/c Nazis) “volk” is one of those things the Nazis tainted for good.
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dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 day agoYep. Much like the swastika was a Hindu and Buddhist symbol (that Hindus and Buddhists have largely given up b/c Nazis) “volk” is one of those things the Nazis tainted for good.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 day ago
We do still use the word though, without associating it with the Third Reich at all. It’s a neutral way to refer to ethnicities for example. “Wir sind das Volk” (“we are the people (of this country)”) means the sovereignty of the people.
“Völkisch” however is tainted (and when non-Germans use “Volk”, it is indeed at least suspicious).
lath@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Volk - folk. Is there a Volklore - folklore somewhere in there as well?
Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 day ago
I’m assuming it’s the same root, yes. “Folklore” in German means the same thing, although we pronounce it differently. Don’t ask me why we don’t spell it “Volklore” - if I had to guess, I’d say the term is older than the spelling “Volk”, not least because “Lore” on its own doesn’t exist (anymore) in German.