Milch

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mɪlç/
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Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Tok Pisin: milis

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “Milch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Milch” in Duden online
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