Rye bread and open sandwiches
The Danish lunch is rugbrødet — dark rye bread — with something on top. Piled high, it becomes smørrebrødet, the open sandwich.
| We eat rye bread for lunch. | Vi spiser rugbrød til frokost. |
| I would like ham on the bread. | Jeg vil gerne have skinke på brødet. |
Til frokost, til middag
A meal you eat something for takes til: til morgenmad, til frokost, til middag. middagen is the main hot meal of the day, and also noon (klokken tolv middag).
| What are we having for dinner? | Hvad skal vi have til middag? |
Something to drink
| Danish | English | |
|---|---|---|
| L> | sodavanden | the soft drink |
| colaen | the cola | |
| flasken | the bottle |
| A beer, please! | En øl, tak! |
Øl and sodavand count like other nouns: en øl, to øl, en sodavand. A bottle of something needs no of: Hun køber to flasker vin.
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