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Melk

Melk

See also: melk

German Low German

Noun

Melk

  1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) milk

melk

melk

See also: Melk

Afrikaans

Noun

melk (uncountable)

  1. milk

Etymology 2

From Dutch melken.

Verb

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

  1. to milk

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛlk
  • IPA(key): [mɛlk]

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 melk/mjølk, Old English meolc, Swedish mjölk, Yiddish מילך (milkh).

Noun

melk m (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

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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 Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, Icelandic mjölk.

Alternative forms

Noun

melk m, f (definite singular melka or melken) (uncountable)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

melk

  1. imperative of melke

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