WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The word das volk refers to
A
common people of France
B
common people of Italy
C
common people of Germany
D
common people of Russia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Das Volk is a German term for common people in a community or region who are regarded to be the originators of beliefs, customs, and a way of life. The term is credited to Johann Gottfried for popularising it. He insisted that the actual German culture was common German culture.

Detailed explanation-2: -’Das volk’ is a German word that means common people of the country. ‘Volksgeist’ is also a German word that means Spirit of Nationalism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Das Volk stands for common people.

Detailed explanation-4: -The German noun Volk (German pronunciation: [fɔlk]) translates to people, both uncountable in the sense of people as in a crowd, and countable (plural Völker) in the sense of a people as in an ethnic group or nation (compare the English term folk).

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer : ‘Das volk’ is a word which comes from the German language. The meaning of this word is the common people or citizens of the country.

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