melk

See also: Melk

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɛɫk]

Etymology 1

From Dutch melk.

Noun

melk (uncountable)

  1. milk

Etymology 2

From Dutch melken.

Verb

melk (present melk, present participle melkende, past participle gemelk)

  1. to milk

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *meluk, miloch, miluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Danish mælk, West Frisian molke, German Milch, Norwegian Bokmål melk, Norwegian Nynorsk mjølk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Yiddish מילך‎ (milkh).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlk
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  • IPA(key): [mɛlk]

Noun

melk f (uncountable)

  1. Milk, nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother
  2. (botany) Various resembling 'milky' juices, as secreted by certain plants and insects

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Verb

melk

  1. first-person singular present indicative of melken
  2. imperative of melken

Anagrams

German

Verb

melk

  1. Imperative singular of melken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of melken.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mjolk, mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare with Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, Icelandic mjölk.

Alternative forms

Noun

melk f, m (definite singular melka or melken, indefinite plural melker, definite plural melkene)

  1. milk (nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother)
  2. (botany) A juice from plants that looks like milk.
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Verb

melk

  1. imperative of melke

References

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