melk

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

melk (uncountable)

  1. milk

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. to milk

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛlk/, ,
  • Audio(file)
  • 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, 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 resembling 'milky' juices, as secreted by certain plants and insects
Derived terms
Descendants
  • 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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

melk

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

Further reading

  • “melk” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
  • “melk” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

melk (strong nominative masculine singular melker, not comparable)

  1. (of a cow, goat, etc.) milch (giving milk)
    Antonym: (Upper German) galt
Declension
Positive forms of melk (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist melk sie ist melk es ist melk sie sind melk
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative melker melke melkes melke
genitive melken melker melken melker
dative melkem melker melkem melken
accusative melken melke melkes melke
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der melke die melke das melke die melken
genitive des melken der melken des melken der melken
dative dem melken der melken dem melken den melken
accusative den melken die melke das melke die melken
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein melker eine melke ein melkes (keine) melken
genitive eines melken einer melken eines melken (keiner) melken
dative einem melken einer melken einem melken (keinen) melken
accusative einen melken eine melke ein melkes (keine) melken

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

melk

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

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

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

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

melk

  1. imperative of melke

References

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Verb

melk

  1. Alternative form of mulke

References

  • 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
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