frokost

Danish

Etymology

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

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

Noun

frokost c (singular definite frokosten, plural indefinite frokoster)

1. lunch (a meal eaten around noon)

Declension

Declension of frokost

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frokost	frokosten	frokoster	frokosterne
genitive	frokosts	frokostens	frokosters	frokosternes

Derived terms

• julefrokost

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: frokosti

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German vrōkost (“early meal”), from vrō (“early”) + kost (“meal”).

Cognate with Danish frokost (“lunch”) and Swedish frukost (“breakfast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfruːˌkɔst/

Noun

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

1. breakfast (first meal of the day)

Derived terms

• frokostblanding

See also

• frukost (Nynorsk)

References

• “frokost” in The Bokmål Dictionary.