klap-sammen-mad
Danish
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editklap-sammen-mad c (singular definite klap-sammen-madden, plural indefinite klap-sammen-madder)
- (informal) Two pieces of rye bread around some other food.
- 2009, Camilla Gohs Miehe-Renard, Lykken findes, Rosinante&Co., →ISBN, page 21:
- At jeg senere kan se på billederne, at hun faktisk mere ligner en klap-sammen-mad end en lille marcipan-baby, er jo bare endnu mere fantastisk. Kærlighed gør virkelig blind især når det handler om nyfødte babyer. Det er nu tre år siden.
- That I can later see on the pictures that she actually looks more like a sandwich than a little marcipan baby is all the more amazing. Love really does make blind, especially when it comes to newborn infants. It is now three years ago.
- 1983, Karl E. Rasmussen, Tudsen og andre fortællinger:
- De fik en femøre, en toøre eller et par stykker mad med hjemmelavet pålæg, eller bare en klap-sammen-mad med fedt og salt.
- They were given five øre, two øre or a couple of open sandwiches with homemade topping, or just a sandwich with lard and salt.
- 2015, Lars Hee, Fortællinger fra støvlelandet, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 27:
- Laurits forklarer om den danske tradition, om de korte arbejdsdage, om alt det der SKAL nås inden fyraften og om den typiske, danske[sic] håndværkerfrokost, de netop har været vidne til: En klap-sammen-mad af to stykker mørkt brød med for eksempel postej, forskellige slags pølser eller frikadeller af svinekød eller fiskefars.
- Laurits speaks of Danish traditions, of the short workhours, of all that MUST be done before quitting time and of the typical, Danish[sic] artisan lunch, which they have just witnessed: A sandwich of two pieces of dark [probably rye] bread with, for example, paté, different kinds of sausage or frikadeller of pig-meat or fish minced meat.
Usage notes
editKlap-sammen-mad usually implies low quality. A sandwich made with white bread might be called en sandwich.
Declension
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | klap-sammen-mad | klap-sammen-madden | klap-sammen-madder | klap-sammen-madderne |
genitive | klap-sammen-mads | klap-sammen-maddens | klap-sammen-madders | klap-sammen-maddernes |