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Milch

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Alemannic German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-der.
Proto-Germanic *meluks
Proto-West Germanic *meluk
Old High German miluh
Middle High German milch
Alemannic German Milch

    From Middle High German milch, milich, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Cognate with German Milch, Bavarian Müch, Luxembourgish Mëllech, Dutch melk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    Milch f (form used in most of Switzerland)

    1. milk

    Further reading

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    • “Milch”, in Sprachatlas der deutschen Schweiz (in German), Schweizerisches Idiotikon, 2026 (surveys conducted 1939–1958)
    • “Miuch”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2026
    • Albert Weber, Jacques M. Bächtold (1961), “Milch”, in Zürichdeutsches Wörterbuch für Schule und Haus (in German), 1st edition, Zürich: Schweizer Spiegel Verlag, page 298
    • Rudolf Suter (1992), Baseldeutsch-Grammatik (in German), Basel: Christoph Merian Verlag, →ISBN, pages 86, 117, 177
    • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

    German

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-der.
    Proto-Germanic *meluks
    Proto-West Germanic *meluk
    Old High German miluh
    Middle High German milch
    German Milch

      From Middle High German milch, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

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      Noun

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      Milch f (genitive Milch, plural Milchen or Milche)

      1. milk (white liquid produced by female mammals for their young to consume)
      2. milk (white or whitish liquid that is exuded by certain plants)
      3. white liquid that is a mixture of other substances, where one of the components is very finely distributed
      4. white semen of a male fish
        Synonym: Fischmilch

      Declension

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      Declension of Milch [feminine]
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative eine die Milch die Milchen, Milche
      genitive einer der Milch der Milchen, Milche
      dative einer der Milch den Milchen
      accusative eine die Milch die Milchen, Milche
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      Descendants

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      • → Tok Pisin: milis

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