Folly

The Danish adjective folkelig (eigtl. Völkisch ) describes a certain attitude of Danish patriotism . The Danish word has a positive connotation and is still used today in politics and society. The direct translation into German, that is, the word “völkisch”, on the other hand, has a racist, negative connotation; that is why the word is now and then translated as “folk-like” so that the positive connotation is not lost.

meaning

From folkelig derived the noun is folkelighed . The great Dane NFS Grundtvig wrote the poem Folkelighed in the March Revolution of 1848 . It's more than patriotism and deeper than nationalism. Folkelighed means a liberal , enlightened and emancipatory attitude towards one's own nation or people . Humans only gain meaning in a folly state, that is, " in the encounter with the common history, the common language and that which forms community ... Every person is in principle born into a folk context ... The folky now means that one is his personality should not develop at the expense of other (nationalism), but that one else understands, based on his love for himself the right to their self-love and respect. "

Folkeligheden

Grundtvig wrote in "Folkeligheden" in 1848:

Til et folk de alle hear, som sig rain selv dertil, har for modermålet øre, har for fædrelandet ild

Lyrically rendered: All those who belong to one people who count themselves among them, listen to their mother tongue, choose the fatherland for yourself

These lines shaped the way the Danes saw themselves. The first two lines in particular are often quoted to say: Folkelig refers to those who want to belong to the Danish people understood in this way .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rainer Brödel: Cross-border adult education , Waxmann Verlag, 2000, pages 200 ff., ISBN 3893257489 [1]