volkslied
noun
a folk song.
volkslied
American
[fawlks-leet]
/ ˈfɔlksˌlit /
noun
volkslieder
plural
Volkslied
British
/ ˈfɔlksliːt /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of volkslied
From German
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The schoolmaster and young Deyke had hastened out again, and soon the simple but beautiful volkslied of the country commenced.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Meding, Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar
Some tiny trace of memory of the fat Kreutzkammer lingered in her husband's crippled mind—something as confused as the revolving engine's connexion with the German volkslied.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
It was a simple volkslied, the same with which the nurse was wont to rock the cradle of Angela when she was a baby—a Slav tune.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
Mr Andrew Lang decides that it is a volkslied, to which, for the version of it illustrated by Cruikshank, Thackeray contributed the notes considered by some to be by Dickens.
From George Cruikshank by Chesson, W. H.
Probably, however, he means the communal lyric in survival, not the ballad, not what Germans would include under volkslied and Frenchmen under chanson populaire.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
Humperdinck's melody is founded upon the Volkslied, and he uses at least one nursery tune with charming effect.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.
The Professor then asked his daughter Elizabeth to give them the music of a song from German Volkslied, or Folk Song, with the words of which all except Mary and Ralph were familiar.
From Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" by Thomas, Edith
The Old Woman's text settles that question: the ballad is a degraded Volkslied.
From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Lang, Andrew
What the Volkslied gains in universality it loses in individuality of character.
From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by Symonds, John Addington
He sang a Volkslied, and in a way which showed that there was poetry in the man's nature, though his outward appearance gave so little promise of it.
From The Unclassed by Gissing, George
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