melken

From Middle Dutch melken, from Old Dutch *melkan, from Proto-West Germanic *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlkə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: mel‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɛlkən

melken

1. (transitive) to milk a (farm) animal
2. (intransitive) to play meekly, without risk, notably in duel ball sports like tennis

Conjugation of melken (strong class 3b)
infinitive	melken
past singular	molk
past participle	gemolken
infinitive	melken
gerund	melken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	melk	molk
2nd person sing. (jij)	melkt, melk2	molk
2nd person sing. (u)	melkt	molk
2nd person sing. (gij)	melkt	molkt
3rd person singular	melkt	molk
plural	melken	molken
subjunctive sing.1	melke	molke
subjunctive plur.1	melken	molken
imperative sing.	melk
imperative plur.1	melkt
participles	melkend	gemolken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Conjugation of melken (weak)
infinitive	melken
past singular	melkte
past participle	gemelkt
infinitive	melken
gerund	melken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	melk	melkte
2nd person sing. (jij)	melkt, melk2	melkte
2nd person sing. (u)	melkt	melkte
2nd person sing. (gij)	melkt	melkte
3rd person singular	melkt	melkte
plural	melken	melkten
subjunctive sing.1	melke	melkte
subjunctive plur.1	melken	melkten
imperative sing.	melk
imperative plur.1	melkt
participles	melkend	gemelkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

• melk

• Afrikaans: melk
• Jersey Dutch: määlke

• “melken” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

From Middle High German mëlken, from Old High German melchan, from Proto-West Germanic *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

The consonantism -lk- is regular High German. The difference between melken and Milch is due to the fact that the latter used to have a short vowel after -l- (Old High German miluh). Compare Dutch melken, English milk, Danish malke, Norwegian mjølke.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlkən/, [ˈmɛlkən], [ˈmɛlkŋ̩]

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• Hyphenation: mel‧ken

melken (class 3 strong or weak, third-person singular present milkt or melkt, past tense molk or melkte, past participle gemolken or (rare) gemelkt, past subjunctive mölke or melkte, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to milk (a cow, goat etc.)
2. (transitive, figuratively) to drain; to draw from (someone or something), especially without consent; to milk (someone) for money, information, etc.

• Melken has full sets of both strong and weak forms, both being accepted as standard. The past participle gemolken is considerably more common than gemelkt. Otherwise there is possibly a tendency to prefer the strong forms in the northern half of the German Sprachraum and the weak forms in the southern half.

• Melker, Melkerei, Melkung

• Melken
• abmelken, durchmelken
• Dauermelken, Mäusemelken, Weitermelken
• Melkeimer, Melkkuh, Melkmaschine, Melkschemel

• → Esperanto: melki
  • Ido: melkar

• Milch, Molkerei

• “melken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “melken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “melken” in Duden online
• “melken” in OpenThesaurus.de

melken

1. inflection of melk:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

From Old Dutch *melkan, from Proto-West Germanic *melkan, from Proto-Germanic *melkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

melken

1. To milk.
2. To draw in, to pull.
3. To lure.

Strong class 3
Infinitive	melken
3rd sg. past	malc
3rd pl. past	molken
Past participle	gemolken
Infinitive	melken
In genitive	melkens
In dative	melkene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	melke	malc
2nd singular	melcs, melkes	molcs, molkes
3rd singular	melct, melket	malc
1st plural	melken	molken
2nd plural	melct, melket	molct, molket
3rd plural	melken	molken
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	melke	molke
2nd singular	melcs, melkes	molkes
3rd singular	melke	molke
1st plural	melken	molken
2nd plural	melct, melket	molket
3rd plural	melken	molken
Imperative	Present
Singular	melc, melke
Plural	melct, melket
	Present	Past
Participle	melkende	gemolken

• Dutch: melken
• Limburgish: mèlke

• “melken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “melken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• melka

melken m or f

1. definite masculine singular of melk