Lunch

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German

FWOTD – 4 June 2022

Etymology

Borrowed from English lunch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lanʃ/, /lant͡ʃ/
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Noun

Lunch m (strong, genitive Lunches or Lunchs or Lunch, plural Lunches or Lunchs or Lunche)

  1. an English-style morning to midday meal in some cases, but in others only a midday meal, generally smaller than the German-style Mittagessen
    • 1844, Charles Dickens, translated by E. A. Moriarty, Leben und Abenteuer Martin Chuzzlewit's, page 20:
      Ich nehme selbst immer mein Lunch um diese Tageszeit, Sir!
      I always take it myself about this time of day, do you know!
    • 2005, Philipp Tingler, Juwelen des Schicksals: Kurze Prosa, page 31:
      Der gute alte Lunch ist so eine praktische Institution - und weit mehr als ein banales Mittagessen.
      That way, the good old lunch is a useful institution - and far more than a banal Mittagessen.
    • 2009, Jörg-Thomas Lauterbach, Kiribati Reisetagebuch: Drei Monate im Paradies der Südsee, page 165:
      Dann gibt es schon wieder zu essen. Mein Lunch liegt doch erst zwei Stunden zurück.
      Then it is already time to eat again. My lunch was only two hours ago.

Declension

Declension of Lunch
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Lunch die Lunches, Lunchs, Lunche
genitive eines des Lunches, Lunchs, Lunch der Lunches, Lunchs, Lunche
dative einem dem Lunch, Lunche1 den Lunches, Lunchs, Lunchen
accusative einen den Lunch die Lunches, Lunchs, Lunche

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Lunch” in Duden online
  • “Lunch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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