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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛlk/, [mɛɫk], [ˈmɛ.lək]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlk
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch melc, from Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Noun

melk f or 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

Verb

melk

  1. imperative of melke

References

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