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volkslieder

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volks⋅lied

[fawlks-leet]
–noun, plural -lied⋅er [-lee-der] .
a folk song.

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volks·lied   (fōks'lēt', fôlks'-)   
n.   pl. volks·lie·der (-lē'dər)
A folk song.

[German : Volks, genitive of Volk, people (from Middle High German volc, from Old High German folc; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots) + Lied, song; see lied.]
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