mælk

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mjolk, mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Icelandic mjólk, Norwegian Bokmål melk, mjølk, Norwegian Nynorsk mjølk, Swedish mjölk, Dutch melk, Dutch Low Saxon melk, English milk, Old English meolc, German Milch, German Low German Melk, West Frisian molke, Yiddish מילך‎ (milkh).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛlk/, [mɛlˀɡ̊]

Noun

mælk c (singular definite mælken, not used in plural form)

  1. milk
  2. (rare) milt, roe (also mælke)

See also

Etymology 2

See mælke.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛlk/, [mɛlˀɡ̊]

Verb

mælk

  1. imperative of mælke
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