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