How To Say “Milk” In Different Languages

Mmmmmmilk. Milk is a four letter word but not all of its kinds are dairy. I like milk. No, actually that is a lie. I love milk. But, when I found out as a toddler that chocolate milk didn’t actually come from chocolate cows, I was devastated and very confused. Mostly, I just worried about whether or not I’d still get my chocolate milk fix! (Spoiler: I always did.)

Now that I’ve mastered the source of my milk, I have a more important question for you: When you have cereal, do you pour the milk before or after? There might not be a "wrong" answer to this riddle, but you’re definitely going to get some looks depending on what you choose! Better choose your milk pouring strategy carefully :)

• English: milk (milk)
• Tagalog: ang gatas (ang ga-tas)
• Vietnamese: sữa (soo-uh)
• Indonesian: susu (soo-soo)
• Italian: il latte (eel lah-teh)
• Spanish: la leche (lah leh-cheh)
• French: le lait (luh leh)
• German: die Milch (dee milkh)
• Dutch: de melk (duh melk)
• Korean: 우유 (oo-yoo)
• Japanese: 牛乳 (gyuu-nyuu)
• Russian: Молоко (moloko)
• Polish: mleko (mleh-ko)
• Swedish: mjölken (myuhlk-en)
• Finnish: maito (my-toh)
• Norwegian: melken (melk-en)
• Ukrainian: молоко (moloko)
• Turkish: süt (soot)
• Greek: το γάλα (toh gah-lah)
• Icelandic: mjólkin (myohlk-in)
• Esperanto: la lakto (la lahk-toh)
• Mandarin Chinese: 牛奶 (niúnǎi)
• Hindi: दूध (doodh)
• Arabic: الحليب (al haleeb)
• Brazilian Portuguese: o leite (oh lay-chee)
• Danish: mælken (melk-en)
• Romanian: laptele (lap-teh-leh)
• Czech: mléko (mlyeh-ko)
• Catalan: la llet (lah lyet)
• Basque: esne (es-neh)
• Bulgarian: млякото (mlyah-koh-toh)