melk

See also: Melk

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛɫk]

Etymology 1

From Dutch melk.

Noun

melk (uncountable)

1. milk

Etymology 2

From Dutch melken.

Verb

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

1. to milk

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛlk/, [mɛɫk], [ˈmɛ.lək]

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• Hyphenation: melk
• Rhymes: -ɛlk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

melk f (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

• aardbeienmelk
• biestmelk
• botermelk
• chocolademelk
• ezelinnenmelk
• geitenmelk
• gletsjermelk
• kamelenmelk
• karnemelk
• koeienmelk
• koemelk
• melkbad
• melkboer
• melkmuil
• melkpoeder
• melkquotum
• melksnor
• melksuiker
• melkvee
• melkzuur
• rundermelk
• schapenmelk

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: melk
• → Sranan Tongo: merki
• → Tok Pisin: melek

See also

• zuivel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

melk

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of melken
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of melken

Anagrams

• klem

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German

Verb

melk

1. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of melken.
2. (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of melken.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• mjølk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

• duemelk
• helmelk, heilmelk
• kromelk
• kumelk
• melke
• melkeaktig
• melkeallergi
• melkebonde
• melkebruk
• melkefett
• melkegang
• melkekjertel
• melkeku
• melkeproduksjon
• melkepulver
• melkesjokolade
• melkespann
• melkesyre
• Melkeveien
• morsmelk

 

See also

• mjølk (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

melk

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of melke

References

• “melk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.