melk

See also: Melk

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛlk/, [mɛɫk]

Etymology 1

Inherited 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

Inherited 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/, [mɛɫk], [ˈmɛ.lək]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: melk
• Rhymes: -ɛlk

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Dutch melc, from Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, 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 'milky' juices (that resembles or looks like milk), as secreted by certain plants and insects

Derived terms

• aardbeienmelk
• amandelmelk
• anijsmelk
• biestmelk
• bijenmelk
• borstmelk
• botermelk
• cacaomelk
• chocolademelk
• erwtenmelk
• ezelinnenmelk
• gecondenseerde melk
• geitenmelk
• gletsjermelk
• halfvolle melk
• havermelk
• heksenmelk
• in de melk te brokkelen hebben
• kamelenmelk
• karnemelk
• klappermelk
• koeienmelk
• koemelk
• kokosmelk
• magere melk
• melkachtig
• melkbad
• melkboer
• melkbrood
• melkchocolade
• melkfles
• melkgebit
• melkglas
• melkindustrie
• melkklier
• melkkoe
• melkman
• melkmuil
• melkpoeder
• melkquotum
• melkslang
• melkslijter
• melksnor
• melksuiker
• melktand
• melkvee
• melkvervanger
• melkzuur
• moedermelk
• ondermelk
• paardenmelk
• rijstmelk
• rundermelk
• schapenmelk
• sojamelk
• taptemelk
• vogelmelk
• volle melk
• wolfsmelk
• zoetemelk

 

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
  • → Kari'na: meliki
• → Tok Pisin: melek

See also

• zuivel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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

• “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

• klem

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: melk
• Homophone: Melk

Etymology 1

From Middle High German melk, from Old High German melch, from Proto-West Germanic *melk, from Proto-Germanic *melkaz, ultimately from the root of Milch. Compare Old English þrimilce.

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

• mjølk

Etymology 1

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

• IPA^(key): /mɛlk/
• Rhymes: -ɛlk

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

• brystmelk
• duemelk
• flaskemelk
• fløtemelk
• fløytemelk
• geitemelk
• gi melk
• H-melk
• helmelk, heilmelk
• homogenisert melk
• kalkmelk
• kefirmelk
• kinnemelk
• kjellermelk
• kjernemelk
• kokosmelk
• konsummelk
• kromelk
• kulturmelk
• kumelk
• lettmelk
• melke
• melke-
• melkeaktig
• melkeallergi
• melkebil
• melkebonde
• melkebruk
• melkebutikk
• melkebøtte
• melkefe
• melkefeber
• melkefett
• melkeflask
• melkegang
• melkeglass
• melkehvit
• melkekartong
• melkekjertel
• melkekolle
• melkeku
• melkekvit
• melkemaskin
• melkemat
• melkemugge
• melkeproduksjon
• melkeprodukt
• melkeprodusent
• melkepulver
• melkerampe
• melkeringe
• melkerute
• melkesaft
• melkesentral
• melkesjokolade
• melkespann
• melkespreng
• melkesprengt
• melkesukker
• melkesuppe
• melkesyre
• melketann
• melkeveg
• Melkevegen
• melkevei
• Melkeveien
• morsmelk
• nysilt melk
• pappmelk
• produksjonsmelk
• råmelk
• separatormelk
• sinemel
• skummamelk
• skummetmelk
• surmelk
• søtmelk
• tettemelk
• tjukkmelk
• tykkmelk
• tørrmelk
• ulvemelk
• vortemelk

 

See also

• mjølk (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

melk

1. imperative of melke

References

• “melk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Yola

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