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)

  1. 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.

Pronunciation

Noun

frokost m (definite singular frokosten, indefinite plural frokoster, definite plural frokostene)

  1. breakfast (first meal of the day)

Derived terms

See also

References

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