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melken

German, verb

melken is spelled M-E-L-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Melken is a German verb meaning “to milk (a cow, goat etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of melk. With a capital, Melken is a different word: “gerund of melken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Milch vom Milchvieh gewinnen”.

What does melken mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to milk (a cow, goat etc.)

  2. 2

    to drain; to draw from (someone or something), especially without consent; to milk (someone) for money, information, etc.

adjective

  1. 1

    masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular

  2. 2

    weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular

  3. 3

    masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular

  4. 4

    strong dative plural

  5. 5

    weak/mixed all-case plural

noun

as Melken
  1. 1

    neutergerund of melken

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Milch vom Milchvieh gewinnen 2. andere ausnehmen

noun: 1. das Gewinnen von Milch vom Milchvieh

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 melken

  • milkt present singular third-person
  • melkt present singular third-person
  • molk past
  • melkte past
  • gemolken participle past
  • gemelkt participle past rare
  • mölke past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • 3 strong or weak
  • melkend participle present
  • melke first-person indicative present
  • milkst indicative present second-person
  • melkst indicative present second-person
  • melkest second-person singular subjunctive
  • melket plural second-person subjunctive
  • molken first-person indicative plural
  • melkten first-person indicative plural
  • mölken first-person formal plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to melken

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is melken in German?

melken appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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