goed volk
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, "good folk".
Interjection[edit]
- (Netherlands, dated) Used to announce one's presence when standing outside, or entering, someone's premises
- 2007, A.L. Snijders, “Aantekening [Note]”, in Raster[1], page 157:
- De twee Turkse politie-aspiranten kwamen toch, op een zomeravond, in uniform. De honden renden op ze af, maar de twee jongens lieten hun Nederlandse paspoort zien en riepen: goed volk. De honden zwegen.
- The two Turkish probationary police constables showed up anyway, one summer evening, in uniform. The dogs ran towards them, but the two lads showed their Dutch passports and shouted: good folk. The dogs went silent.