melk

See also Melk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch melk.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mɛɫk]

Noun

melk (no plural)

1. milk

Verb

melk (past participle gemelk)

1. to milk

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Dutch

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).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlk

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• IPA: [mɛlk]

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

melkboer m melken melkmuil m melksuiker melkzuur n (milk types and preparations) botermelk m, chocolademelk m, geitenmelk m, karnemelk m, rundermelk m

See also

• zuivel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: melk

Verb

melk

1. first-person singular present indicative of melken
2. imperative of melken

Anagrams

• klem

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mjølk

Etymology

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

Noun

melk f, m (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.

Derived terms

• melke
• morsmelk
• kumelk
• melkesjokolade