David
"Volk" means "people". We  get our word "folk" from "volk". "Volkswagen" is "The
people's car" (fahrzeug didn't sound so good I guess :-) Using "the people's
car" was a political decision to get the "people" to put up the money before the
factory was even built. The factory, as it turned out, was used to manufacture
military vehicles long before the "peoples'" car rolled out.
Larry

David Beierl wrote:

> I'm wondering if anyone here has a good understanding or reference for the
> term "Volk" as in Volkswagen...I'm reading something (_Himmler_ by Peter
> Padfield, MJF Books 1990) that reminds me that "People" seems to be an
> entirely inadequate translation.
>
> thanks,
> david
>
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