melk

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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melk (uncountable)

  1. milk

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Dutch melken, from Middle Dutch melken, from Old Dutch *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną.

Verb

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melk (present melk, present participle melkende, past participle gemelk)

  1. to milk

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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melk f (uncountable, diminutive melkje n)

  1. milk (nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother)
  2. milk (nutritious liquid derived from vegetable sources, sometimes as a deliberate substitute of mammalian milk)
  3. (botany) various 'milky' juices (that resembles or looks like milk), as secreted by certain plants and insects
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: melk
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: meleke
  • Jersey Dutch: määlk
  • Negerhollands: melk
  • Aukan: meliki
  • Caribbean Javanese: mèleg, mèrki
  • Munsee: mălák
  • Saramaccan: meíki
  • Sranan Tongo: merki
  • Tok Pisin: melek

See also

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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melk

  1. inflection of melken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Further reading

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  • melk” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
  • melk” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Anagrams

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German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German melk, from Old High German melch, ultimately from the root of Milch. Compare Old English þrimilce.

Adjective

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melk (strong nominative masculine singular melker, not comparable)

  1. (of a cow, goat, etc.) milch (giving milk)
    Antonym: (Upper German) galt
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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melk

  1. singular imperative of melken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of melken

Further reading

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  • melk” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • melk” in Duden online
  • melk” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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melk

  1. imperative of melke

References

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Yola

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Verb

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melk

  1. Alternative form of mulke

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57