Feminine

Molke

Meaning

  1. (feminine) whey
  2. (feminine, obsolete) dairy product

Concepts

cheese whey

whey paste

milk serum

Synonyms

Käsemolke

Molkepaste

wässriger Käse

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmɔlkə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German molken, from Proto-West Germanic *molknu (“dairy product, curdled milk”). Cognate with Middle Dutch molken, Old Saxon molken, Old English molcen. Related with German melken, but details are unclear.

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