frokost
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German vrōkost (“early meal”), from vrō (“early”) + kost (“meal”). The Scandinavian cognates have the meaning "breakfast": Norwegian Bokmål frokost and Swedish frukost.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfʁoɡɔsd/, [ˈfʁ̥ɔɡ̊ʌsd], [ˈfʁ̥ɔ̽kɒ̽st]
Noun
frokost c (singular definite frokosten, plural indefinite frokoster)
- lunch (a meal eaten around noon)
Declension
Declension of frokost
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | frokost | frokosten | frokoster | frokosterne |
| genitive | frokosts | frokostens | frokosters | frokosternes |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Greenlandic: frokosti
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German vrokost.
Noun
frokost m (definite singular frokosten, indefinite plural frokoster, definite plural frokostene)
- breakfast (first meal of the day)
Derived terms
See also
- frukost (Nynorsk)
References
- “frokost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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