frukost

Norwegian Nynorsk

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.

Noun

frukost m (definite singular frukosten, indefinite plural frukostar, definite plural frukostane)

1. breakfast

   Kva åt du til frukost?

   What did you eat for breakfast?

See also

• frokost (Bokmål)

References

• “frukost” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish frokoster, from Middle Low German vrokost.

Pronunciation

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Noun

frukost c

1. breakfast

   Synonym: (colloquial) frulle

   Vad brukar du äta till frukost?

   What do you usually eat for breakfast?

   Jag åt havregrynsgröt med mjölk och lingonsylt till frukost

   I had [ate] oatmeal with milk and lingonberry jam for breakfast

   fixa frukost

   make breakfast

Declension

Declension of frukost

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	frukost	frukosts
	definite	frukosten	frukostens
plural	indefinite	frukostar	frukostars
	definite	frukostarna	frukostarnas

Derived terms

• frukost på sängen (“breakfast in bed”)
• frukost-tv
• frukostbord
• frukostbricka
• frukostdags
• frukostera
• frukostflinga
• frukostmiddag
• frukostmål
• frukostmöte
• frukostrast
• frukostrum
• frukostägg
• grötfrukost

See also

• havregrynsgröt (“oatmeal”)
• juice (“juice”)
• kaffe (“coffee”)
• kvällsmat (“supper, evening meal”)
• lunch (“lunch”)
• macka (“sandwich”)
• mat (“food”)
• mellanmål (“snack (between meals)”)
• middag (“dinner”)
• måltid (“meal”)
• te (“tea”)

References

• “frukost”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “frukost”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “frukost”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• fruktos