frokost
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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.