melk

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melk (no plural)

  1. milk

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melk (past participle gemelk)

  1. to milk

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[edit] Etymology

Germanic, compare Danish mælk, West Frisian molke, German Milch, Norwegian melk, Old English meolc, Swedish mjölk, Yiddish מילך (milkh).

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melk m. (no plural, no diminutive)

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

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[edit] Verb form

singular present imperfect and imperative form of melken

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[edit] Noun

melk m. and f. (definite singular melka/melken; indefinite plural melker; definite plural melkene)

  1. Milk, nutriocious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother
  2. (botany) A juice from plants that looks like milk.

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