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Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. gruppe mennesker som hører sammen i slekt, historie eller kultur;
   nasjon (1)nation, folkeslaga people, an ethnic group · a breed, a sort (of people), folkegruppean ethnic group, a people, stamme (I, 3)tribe a group of people bound together by kinship, history or culture;
   nationnasjon (1), a peoplefolkeslag, ethnic groupfolkegruppe, tribestamme (I, 3)
   • det norske folk the Norwegian people
   • folket vårt our people
   • være ett folk to be one people
   • alle folk på jorda all the peoples of the earth
   • et europeisk folk a European people
   • folket i nord the people of the north
   • samiske folk Sami peoples
2. særlig i ubestemt flertall: menneske (2)a person especially in the indefinite plural: a personmenneske (2)
   • treffe folk to meet people
   • folk på gata people in the street
   • snakke med folk to talk to people
   • be folk på middag to invite people to dinner
   • det var mange folk på bussen there were a lot of people on the bus
   • leve av å hjelpe folk to make a living helping people
   • unge folk young people
   • gamle folk old people
   • det kommer folk people are coming
   • her bor det folk people live here
   • det er folk i huset there are people in the house
   as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som kjentfolkacquaintances, people one knows · people who know the area, locals familiar with a place, kvinnfolka woman · womenfolk, mannfolkman, bloke · men, menfolk (in the plural)
3. i bestemt form entall: borgerne i et land, en by eller en bygd;
   befolkninga population in the definite singular: the citizens of a country, a town or a rural district;
   populationbefolkning
   • herskerne og folket the rulers and the people
   • være valgt til å tjene folket sitt to be elected to serve one's people
   • folket i bygda the people of the district
   • folkets røst the voice of the people
   • ha tillit til folket to have confidence in the people
   • folket har talt the people have spoken
   as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som byfolktownspeople, city folk, bygdefolkcountry people, rural folk, local villagers, grendefolkneighbours, people of the hamlet
4. gruppe alminnelige personer uten særlig makt eller rikdom;
   den gemene hopthe common herd, folk flestmost people, allmuethe common people, the commoners, country folk a group of ordinary people without particular power or wealth;
   the common herdden gemene hop, most peoplefolk flest, the commoners, country folkallmue
   • vanlige folk ordinary people
   • en mann av folket a man of the people
   • det er uro blant folk there is unrest among the people
   • få informasjonen ut til folket to get the information out to the people
   • komme folket til gode to benefit the people
   • ha folket i ryggen to have the people behind you
   • være en del av folket to be part of the people
5. person i en arbeidsstyrkea workforce, a labour force;
   mannskapa crew · personnel, manpower · an enlisted man a person in a workforcearbeidsstyrke;
   crewmannskap
   • hyre folk to take on hands
   • sjefen behandler folkene sine godt the boss treats his workers well
   • rekruttere flere folk to recruit more staff
6. gruppe personer med tilknytning til en stand (I)condition · state · station, aktivitet (2)activity, yrke (II)an occupation · a trade · a profession eller lignende a group of people connected with social rankstand (I), activityaktivitet (2), occupationyrke (II) or the like
   • folk i næringslivet people in business
   • folk i musikkbransjen people in the music industry
   as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som avholdsfolkteetotallers, abstainers, fagfolkprofessionals, skilled workers · experts, specialists, kulturfolkpeople working in the arts, the cultural community · a civilised people, a culturally advanced people, målfolkNynorsk supporters, users and champions of Nynorsk, pressefolkpress people, journalists, members of the press, rikfolkrich people, the wealthy, sjøfolksailors, seamen, seafarers
7. de fleste;
   man (II)one · you (in general) · people, en (I, 2)you (generic) most people;
   oneman (II), you (generic)en (I, 2)
   • folk er rare people are strange
   • folk vil ha mer fritid people want more free time
   • hva skal folk tro? what will people think?
8. skikkelig (1)decent menneske a decentskikkelig (1) person
   • når skal det bli folk av deg? when are you going to make something of yourself?
   • nå må vi oppføre oss som folk now we must behave like decent people

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