See also: milch

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German milch, from Old High German miluh, from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mɪlç/
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Noun edit

Milch f (genitive Milch, plural Milchen or Milche)

  1. milk (white liquid produced by female mammals for their young to consume)
  2. milk (white or whitish liquid that is exuded by certain plants)
  3. white liquid that is a mixture of other substances, where one of the components is very finely distributed
  4. white semen of a male fish
    Synonym: Fischmilch

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Tok Pisin: milis

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • Milch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Milch” in Duden online