Milchvieh
German, noun[ˈmɪlçˌfiː]
Milchvieh is spelled M-I-L-C-H-V-I-E-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Milchvieh is a German neuter noun meaning “dairy cattle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “milchgebendes Haustier”.
What does Milchvieh mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdairy cattle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. milchgebendes Haustier
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 Milchvieh
- Milchviehes genitive
- Milchviehs genitive
- Milchviehe dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Milchvieh?
- [ˈmɪlçˌfiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Milchvieh in German?
Milchvieh appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).