frokost

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.

IPA^(key): /ˈfʁoɡɔsd/, [ˈfʁ̥ɔɡ̊ʌsd], [ˈfʁ̥ɔ̽kɒ̽st]

frokost c (singular definite frokosten, plural indefinite frokoster)

1. lunch (a meal eaten around noon)

• julefrokost

• → Greenlandic: frokosti

From Middle Low German vrokost.

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

1. breakfast (first meal of the day)

• frokostblanding

• frukost (Nynorsk)

• “frokost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.