# melk
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /mɛlk/, [mɛɫk], [ˈmɛ.lək]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: melk
* Rhymes: -ɛlk

### 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

* 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: /ˈmɛlk/
* Audio:(file)
* 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
* “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: /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

* brystmelk
* duemelk
* flaskemelk
* fløtemelk
* fløytemelk
* geitemelk
* gi melk
* H-melk
* helmelk, heilmelk
* 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