Etymology

völkisch

Today it means: Pertaining to a German populist, identity-nationalist or ethnonationalist ideology found since the late 19th century. Full definition →

German völkisch
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  1. German · borrowed fromvölkisch
  2. English todayvölkisch

From German völkisch. (Morphologically, compare English folkish.)

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