Polyglot Dictionary

Mittagessen

/ˈmɪtaːkˌʔɛsn̩/

das noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. lunch

    Built from Mittag (noon) + Essen (food, meal).

    • Was gibt es heute zum Mittagessen?

      What's for lunch today?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Mittag noon
  • Essen food, meal

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

almoço

almoço is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lunch."

Practice

1 What does Mittagessen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Was gibt es heute zum ___?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Mittagessen?

See also

nouncompoundcore-vocabulary

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