melken

Meaning

Verb

1. (class-3,strong,transitive,weak) to milk (a cow, goat etc.)
2. (class-3,figuratively,strong,transitive,weak) to drain; to draw from (someone or something), especially without consent; to milk (someone) for money, information, etc.

Adj

1. (form-of,genitive,masculine,neuter,singular,strong) inflection of melk:
2. (dative,form-of,genitive,mixed,singular,weak) inflection of melk:
3. (accusative,form-of,masculine,mixed,singular,strong,weak) inflection of melk:
4. (dative,form-of,plural,strong) inflection of melk:
5. (form-of,mixed,plural,weak) inflection of melk:

Concepts

milk

🥛

squeeze

squeeze out

wring

to milk

Synonyms

pflücken

⛏️

ausnutzen

ausbeuten

ausdrücken

ausnützen

auspressen

ausreizen

🥛

auswringen

durchkauen

exploitieren

Milch geben

schröpfen

🩸

wringen

zur Ader lassen

abmelken

🥛

anpumpen

um Hab und Gut bringen

arm machen

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

mälche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as

mel‧ken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛlkən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: mëlken

Inherited from Old High German: melchan

Cognate with Dutch: melken

Cognate with English: milk

Cognate with Danish: malke

Cognate with Norwegian: mjølke

In summary

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.