melk
German, adjective/ˈmɛlk/
melk is a German adjective meaning “milch (giving milk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a singular imperative of melken. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Milch gebend”.
What does melk mean in English?
adjective
- 1
milch (giving milk)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of melken
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of melken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Milch gebend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of melk
- melker masculine nominative singular
- melke feminine nominative singular
- melkes neuter nominative singular
- melken genitive masculine singular
- melkem dative masculine singular
- der melke definite includes-article masculine
- die melke definite feminine includes-article
- das melke definite includes-article neuter
- die melken definite includes-article nominative
- des melken definite genitive includes-article
- der melken definite feminine genitive
- dem melken dative definite includes-article
- den melken dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce melk?
- /ˈmɛlk/
- [mɛlk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to melk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is melk in German?
melk appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).