klap-sammen-mad

Danish

Alternative forms

• klapsammenmad

Noun

klap-sammen-mad c (singular definite klap-sammen-madden, plural indefinite klap-sammen-madder)

1. (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

Klap-sammen-mad usually implies low quality. A sandwich made with white bread might be called en sandwich.

Declension

Declension of klap-sammen-mad

common gender	Singular		Plural
	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