melke

See also: mělké and мелке

Dutch

Verb

melke

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of melken

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

melke

  1. inflection of melken:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Adjective

melke

  1. inflection of melk:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmelkə/
  • Rhymes: -elkə
  • Syllabification: mel‧ke

Verb

melke

  1. to milk

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Derived from Old Norse mjolka. Related to Danish malke and Norwegian Nynorsk mjølka.

Alternative forms

Verb

melke (imperative melk, present tense melker, simple past and past participle melka or melket, present participle melkende)

  1. to milk
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Danish mælke.

Alternative forms

  • mjølke (Nynorsk also)
  • mjælke, mælke (Riksmål, obsolete, attested since 16th century)

Noun

melke m (definite singular melken, indefinite plural melker, definite plural melkene)

  1. milt of a fish

References

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Cognate with German melken, Dutch melken, English milk.

Verb

melke

  1. to milk

West Frisian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian melka, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną.

Verb

melke

  1. to milk

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • melke”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011