Lunch
See also: lunch
German
FWOTD – 4 June 2022
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)
- 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.
Declension
Declension of Lunch [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Lunch | die | Lunches, Lunchs, Lunche |
| genitive | eines | des | Lunches, Lunchs, Lunch | der | Lunches, Lunchs, Lunche |
| dative | einem | dem | Lunch, Lunche1 | den | Lunches, Lunchs, Lunchen |
| accusative | einen | den | Lunch | die | Lunches, Lunchs, Lunche |
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
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