Pronunciation: /mɛlkkalf/
noun
Syllabication: Melk·kalf
Plural: Melk­kal­ver n dat Melk­kalf Frisian group, Western group, Westphalian, Mecklenburgish, Pomeranian
Plural: Melk­käl­ver n dat Melk­kalf Westphalian, Märkisch
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peripheral vocabulary
active
agriculture
Low Saxon:
Kalf, dat noch mit Melk opbörnt warrt
English:
nursing calf
Dutch:
zuigkalf
German:
Milchkalb
Saugkalb
image illustrating the submeaning
Chuck Moravec, CC BY 2.0

Etymology:

Compound word constructed from: Melk + Kalf
Rhyming words
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