husmanskost

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Swedish[edit]

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kålpudding (cabbage pudding) is considered husmanskost

Alternative forms[edit]

  • husman (abbreviation, colloquial)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German husmannskost, from husmann (“crofter, day laborer”) +‎ kost (“food”), compare Swedish husman +‎ kost.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /²hʉ̟ːsmansˌkɔst/

Noun[edit]

husmanskost c

  1. simple but hearty traditional everyday food
    en restaurang som serverar husmanskost
    a restaurant that serves homely fare (approximately)
    • 2018, Kerstin Weman Thornell, Moa Dahlin, “’Sedan jag flyttade hit har jag gått upp fem kilo’ [’Since I moved here I have gained five kilograms’]”, in Sydsvenskan:
      När seniorerna själva får välja blir det ofta husmanskost, som kåldolmar, fisk och köttbullar. Men det allra godaste hade varit ”himmalagad rabbemos”[…]
      When the seniors get to choose, they often pick homely fare, such as cabbage rolls, fish and meatballs. But the best thing would have been homecooked mashed turnips[…]

Declension[edit]

Declension of husmanskost 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative husmanskost husmanskosten — —
Genitive husmanskosts husmanskostens — —

References[edit]

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