Lunch

See also: lunch

German

FWOTD – 4 June 2022

Etymology

Borrowed from English lunch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lanʃ/, /lant͡ʃ/
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Noun

Lunch m (strong, genitive Lunches or Lunchs or Lunch, plural Lunches or Lunchs or Lunche)

  1. an English-style morning to midday meal in some cases, but in others only a midday meal, generally smaller than the German-style Mittagessen
    • 1844, Charles Dickens, translated by E. A. Moriarty, Leben und Abenteuer Martin Chuzzlewit's, page 20:
      Ich nehme selbst immer mein Lunch um diese Tageszeit, Sir!
      I always take it myself about this time of day, do you know!
    • 2005, Philipp Tingler, Juwelen des Schicksals: Kurze Prosa, page 31:
      Der gute alte Lunch ist so eine praktische Institution - und weit mehr als ein banales Mittagessen.
      That way, the good old lunch is a useful institution - and far more than a banal Mittagessen.
    • 2009, Jörg-Thomas Lauterbach, Kiribati Reisetagebuch: Drei Monate im Paradies der Südsee, page 165:
      Dann gibt es schon wieder zu essen. Mein Lunch liegt doch erst zwei Stunden zurück.
      Then it is already time to eat again. My lunch was only two hours ago.

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Further reading

  • Lunch” in Duden online
  • Lunch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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