What Danes eat
Many of these words came into Danish from other languages, but they are fully Danish nouns now and take the definite ending:
| Danish | English | plural |
|---|---|---|
| frikadellen | the Danish meatball | frikadeller |
| wienerbrødet | the Danish pastry | wienerbrød |
| pølsen | the sausage | pølser |
| bøffen | the steak | bøffer |
| pandekagen | the pancake | pandekager |
| småkagen | the cookie, the biscuit | småkager |
| baconen | the bacon | — |
| sandwichen | the sandwich | sandwicher |
| champagnen | the champagne | — |
| My grandmother (mother's mother) makes the best meatballs. | Min mormor laver de bedste frikadeller. |
A frikadelle is a fried meatball, usually of minced pork (often mixed with veal), and a classic hot dinner. A wienerbrød — literally "Vienna bread" — is what English calls a Danish. Notice that wienerbrød is neuter (et wienerbrød, wienerbrødet) and has no plural ending, like brød.
| A Danish pastry is good with coffee. | Et wienerbrød er godt til kaffen. |
Mass nouns
Bacon and champagne are usually uncountable — no article and no plural:
| I am frying bacon and eggs for breakfast. | Jeg steger bacon og æg til morgenmad. |
| We drink champagne at New Year. | Vi drikker champagne til nytår. |
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