Mittagessen

German

Etymology

Mittag (“midday”) +‎ Essen (“meal”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɪtakʔɛsn/
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Noun

Mittagessen n (strong, genitive Mittagessens, plural Mittagessen)

lunch
Synonym: Lunch

Coordinate terms: (Switzerland) Morgenessen, Abendessen, Nachtessen

Ein Butterbrot war mein einziges Mittagessen.
A single sandwich was my whole lunch.

Declension

Declension of Mittagessen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Mittagessen	die	Mittagessen
genitive	eines	des	Mittagessens	der	Mittagessen
dative	einem	dem	Mittagessen	den	Mittagessen
accusative	ein	das	Mittagessen	die	Mittagessen

Further reading

“Mittagessen” in Duden online
Mittagessen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Mittagessen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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