Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wolk

/wˈoʊk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: wolk
IPA: /wˈoʊk/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Etymology

From the German surname, from a Low German form of Walter. Also Germanized from a Slavic name, from Czech and Slovene Volk. Also spelled as Wölk.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Volk

Inflected Forms

Wolks (plural)

Rhymes With

broke joke smoke spoke stroke woke folk oak coke stoke choke soak

Questions

How do you pronounce wolk?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈoʊk/.
What does wolk mean?: A surname.
Where does wolk come from?: It is traced to German.

How to pronounce wolk

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