Molke

See also: molke and mölke

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mulknō (“whey, milk”). Related with German melken but details are unclear.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔlkə/

Noun

Molke f (genitive Molke, plural Molken)

  1. whey

Declension
Declension of Molke
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Molke die Molken
genitive einer der Molke der Molken
dative einer der Molke den Molken
accusative eine die Molke die Molken

References
  1. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mulknō, compare German Molke.

Noun

Molke f (plural Molken)

  1. whey
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