German Low German

Noun

Melk

1. (in some dialects, including Low Prussian) milk

Afrikaans

Noun

melk ‎(uncountable)

1. milk

Etymology 2

From Dutch melken.

Verb

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

1. to milk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlk
• IPA^(key): [mɛlk]

Etymology

From Old Dutch *meluk, miloch, miluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-. Compare Danish mælk, West Frisian molke, German Milch, Norwegian melk/mjølk, Old English meolc, Swedish mjölk, Yiddish מילך (milkh).

Noun

melk m ‎(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

Descendants

• Afrikaans: melk

See also

• zuivel

Verb

melk

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

Anagrams

• klem

German

Verb

melk

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• mjølk

Noun

melk m, f ‎(definite singular melka or melken) (uncountable)

1. milk (nutritious liquid produced by a lactating mammalian mother)
2. (botany) A juice from plants that looks like milk.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

melk

1. imperative of melke

References

• “melk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.