• pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz
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    13 hours ago

    Not entirely true

    Substantiv, Neutrum [das]

    1. durch gemeinsame Kultur und Geschichte [und Sprache] verbundene große Gemeinschaft von Menschen “ein freies, unterdrücktes Volk”

    2. [ohne Plural] Masse der Angehörigen einer Gesellschaft, der Bevölkerung eines Landes, eines Staatsgebiets “das arbeitende, werktätige, unwissende Volk”

    1. Many people who’re connected through similar history and culture, “a free people”, “a suppressed people”
    2. [without plural] Members of a society, the inhabitants of a country, “the working people”, …
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      11 hours ago

      No, it’s definitely not a comprehensive definition, I was going for the meaning in context of VW. The correct response to pedantry is pedantry, though :)