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) 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) to milk == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛlk/, [mɛɫk], [ˈmɛ.lək] Hyphenation: melk Rhymes: -ɛlk === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle Dutch melc, from Old Dutch miloc, 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 ===== ===== 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 inflection of melken: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative 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/ 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) (of a cow, goat, etc.) milch (giving milk) Antonym: (Upper German) galt ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== melk singular imperative of melken (colloquial) first-person singular present of melken === Further reading === “melk”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “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) milk (nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother) (botany) A juice from plants that looks like milk. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== 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