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polka

See also: Polka, polką, Polką, Poľka, Pólka, półka, półką, and полька

English

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Etymology

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Via French and German from Czech polka, variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”).

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Noun

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polka (plural polkas)

  1. A lively dance originating in Bohemia.
  2. The music for this dance.
  3. A polka jacket.

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Verb

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polka (third-person singular simple present polkas, present participle polkaing, simple past and past participle polkaed)

  1. (intransitive) To dance the polka.

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Czech

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Etymology

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Variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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polka f

  1. polka

Declension

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Declension of polka (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative polka polky
genitive polky polek
dative polce polkám
accusative polku polky
vocative polko polky
locative polce polkách
instrumental polkou polkami

Further reading

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  • “polka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “polka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “polka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Etymology

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From Czech polka.

Noun

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polka c (singular definite polkaen, plural indefinite polkaer)

  1. polka

Inflection

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Declension of polka
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative polka polkaen polkaer polkaerne
genitive polkas polkaens polkaers polkaernes

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French

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Etymology

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From Czech polka.

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Noun

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polka f (plural polkas)

  1. polka (dance and music)

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Descendants

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  • → Ottoman Turkish: پولقه (polka)

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Norman

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Etymology

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From French and Czech polka.

Noun

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polka f (plural polkas)

  1. (Jersey) polka (dance, music)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Via German Polka or French polka from Czech polka and půlka

Noun

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polka m (definite singular polkaen, indefinite plural polkaer, definite plural polkaene)

  1. polka (dance and music)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Via German Polka or French polka from Czech polka and půlka

Noun

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polka m (definite singular polkaen, indefinite plural polkaer or polkaar, definite plural polkaene or polkaane)

  1. polka (dance and music)

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From French polka.

Noun

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polka f (plural polkas)

  1. polka (dance)

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Czech polka. Doublet of półka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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polka f (diminutive poleczka)

  1. polka (dance)
  2. polka (music for this dance)

Declension

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Declension of polka
singular plural
nominative polka polki
genitive polki polek
dative polce polkom
accusative polkę polki
instrumental polką polkami
locative polce polkach
vocative polko polki

Further reading

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  • polka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • polka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Etymology

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See polca.

Noun

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polka f (plural polkas)

  1. polka

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Polka. First attested in 1844.

Noun

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polka c

  1. polka (dance)
    att dansa polka
    to polka ["to dance type of dance" is idiomatic in Swedish]
  2. polka (music for dancing the polka)

Declension

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Declension of polka
nominative genitive
singular indefinite polka polkas
definite polkan polkans
plural indefinite polkor polkors
definite polkorna polkornas

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