melk
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
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)
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)
- to milk
Dutch
Pronunciation
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)
- milk (nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother)
- milk (nutritious liquid derived from vegetable sources, sometimes as a deliberate substitute of mammalian milk)
- (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
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
melk
- inflection of melken:
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
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German melk, from Old High German melch, ultimately from the root of Milch. Compare Old English þrimilce.
Adjective
melk (strong nominative masculine singular melker, not comparable)
Declension
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
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
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
Noun
melk f or m (definite singular melka or melken, indefinite plural melker, definite plural melkene)
- milk (nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother)
- (botany) A juice from plants that looks like milk.
Derived terms
- brystmelk
- duemelk
- flaskemelk
- fløtemelk
- fløytemelk
- geitemelk
- gi melk
- helmelk, heilmelk
- H-melk
- 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
- imperative of melke
References
- “melk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Yola
Verb
melk
- 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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