melk
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Afrikaans [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Dutch melk.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [mɛɫk]
Noun [edit]
melk (no plural)
Verb [edit]
melk (past participle gemelk)
- to milk
Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
melk m (uncountable)
- Milk, nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother
- (botany) Various resembling 'milky' juices, as secreted by certain plants and insects
Derived terms [edit]
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See also [edit]
Descendants [edit]
- Afrikaans: melk
Verb [edit]
melk
Anagrams [edit]
Norwegian Bokmål [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse mjolk, mjǫlk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Danish mælk, Swedish mjölk, Icelandic mjölk.
Noun [edit]
melk f, m (definite singular melka/melken; indefinite plural melker; definite plural melkene)
- Milk, nutriocious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother
- (botany) A juice from plants that looks like milk.
Derived terms [edit]
Categories:
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans nouns
- Afrikaans verbs
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- nl:Botany
- Dutch verb forms
- nl:Beverages
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- no:Botany