melk
Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch melk, from Middle Dutch melc, from Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.
Noun edit
melk (uncountable)
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch melken, from Middle Dutch melken, from Old Dutch *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną.
Verb edit
melk (present melk, present participle melkende, past participle gemelk)
- to milk
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch melc, from Old Dutch miluk, from Proto-Germanic *meluks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.
Noun edit
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 resembling 'milky' juices, as secreted by certain plants and insects
Derived terms edit
- 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
- melkklier
- melkkoe
- melkman
- melkmuil
- melkpoeder
- melkquotum
- melkslang
- melkslijter
- melksnor
- melksuiker
- melktand
- melkvee
- melkvervanger
- melkzuur
- moedermelk
- ondermelk
- paardenmelk
- plantaardige melk
- rijstmelk
- rundermelk
- schapenmelk
- sojamelk
- taptemelk
- vogelmelk
- volle melk
- wolfsmelk
- zoetemelk
Descendants edit
- 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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
melk
- inflection of melken:
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective edit
melk (strong nominative masculine singular melker, not comparable)
Declension edit
| 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 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
melk
Further reading edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- mjølk (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
melk
- imperative of melke
References edit
- “melk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Yola edit
Verb edit
melk
- Alternative form of mulke
References edit
- 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