Frühstück

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrüestücke (14th c.). Equivalent to früh (“early”) +‎ Stück (“piece”, here in the sense of “bite”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfʁyːʃtʏk/
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Noun

Frühstück n (strong, genitive Frühstücks or Frühstückes, plural Frühstücke)

breakfast
Synonyms: (Switzerland) Morgenessen, (Switzerland, informal) Zmorge(n), (archaic) Morgenbrot, Dejeuner

Hyponym: Znüni

Gewöhnlich essen sie ihr Frühstück im Bett.
They usually have their breakfast in bed.

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

→ Afrikaans: vroegstuk (calque)
→ Dutch: vroegstuk (calque)
→ Hungarian: früstök
→ Carpathian Rusyn: фрыштик (frŷštyk)
→ Serbo-Croatian: fruštik, fruštuk
→ Slovak: fruštik, frištik, frištuk

Further reading

“Frühstück” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Frühstück” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Frühstück” in Duden online
“Frühstück” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Frühstück on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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