Translation of "people" - English-German dictionary

people

noun plural /ˈpiːpl/

› persons

die Leute (pl.)
There were three people in the room.

› men and women in general

die Leute (pl.)
People often say such things.

› (noun singular) a nation or race

das Volk
all the peoples of this world.
the people

› the ordinary people of a country as opposed to the aristocracy etc

das gemeine Volk
government for the people by the people.
people is usually plural: The people waiting at the airport were impatient. people is singular, and has the plural peoples, when it means a nation: a defeated people ; the peoples of eastern Europe.

(Translation of “people” from the PASSWORD English–German Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

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