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volkslied
[ fawlks-leet ]
noun
, plural volks·lied·er [fawlks, -, lee, -der].
- a folk song.
Volkslied
/ ˈfɔlksliːt /
noun
- a type of popular German folk song
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Word History and Origins
Origin of volkslied1
From German
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Word History and Origins
Origin of volkslied1
literally: folk song
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Example Sentences
With shouts of joy, and singing the "Volkslied," they rode out to occupy the nek.
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She felt excited by the grandeur of the situation, and, in the pauses of the wind, sang low some wild German Volkslied.
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Even the human inhabitants do not sing here, and on these melancholy coasts the strain of a volkslied is never heard.
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Some one was striking the preliminary chords of a volkslied on his favorite instrument, a Rhaetian variation of the zither.
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Humperdinck's melody is founded upon the Volkslied, and he uses at least one nursery tune with charming effect.
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