Folk
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Template:Wiktionary Folk may refer to:
- a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples
- folklore, the body of verbal expressive culture among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that group
- folk art, art by traditionally trained, as opposed to academically trained, artists
In music:
- folk music or folksong, music by and of the common people.
- folk dance, a 19th century form of dance
- folk-punk, a genre of music that combines elements of folk and punk rock music
- folk-rock, a genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music
- folk metal, a sub-genre of heavy metal that incorporates elements of folk music
In other uses:
- Folkish is a name that has been given to a hypothetical substrate language believed by some to have influenced the Germanic languages: see Germanic substrate hypothesis;
- Volk, a German word meaning 'folk'