German

Noun

Lunch m, n ‎(genitive Lunch, plural Lunchs)

1. An English-style midday meal, generally smaller than the German-style Mittagessen.
   • 1844, E. A. Moriarty (translator), Charles Dickens (English author), 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.

English

Noun

lunch ‎(plural lunches)

1. A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:

     We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.

2. (cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.
3. (Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

   After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.‎

Synonyms

• (midday meal): luncheon

Derived terms

Translations

Descendants

• Portuguese: lanche
• Spanish: lonche
• Swedish: lunch

Verb

lunch ‎(third-person singular simple present lunches, present participle lunching, simple past and past participle lunched)

1. (intransitive) To eat lunch.

   I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.

2. (transitive) To treat to lunch.
   • H. G. Wells

     We dined him, we lunched him, we were photographed in his company by flashlight.

Derived terms

• luncher
• lunchroom
• ladies who lunch

Related terms

• luncheonette

Translations

See also

• breakfast
• dine, dinner
• supper

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English lunch.

Noun

lunch m ‎(plural lunchen or lunches, diminutive lunchje n)

1. A lunch, meal around noon

Synonyms

• middageten n

Derived terms

• lunchen (verb)
• lunchtafel m, f
• lunchtijd m
• lunchuur n

Related terms

• brunchen (verb)
• lunchroom

See also

• maaltijd
• ontbijt

Verb

lunch

1. first-person singular present indicative of lunchen
2. imperative of lunchen

French

Etymology

From English

Noun

lunch m ‎(plural lunchs)

1. A lunch, (usually light) meal around noon
2. A light meal with sandwiches, cold cuts, pastry etc. served at a festive reception

Derived terms

• luncher (verb)

Spanish

Noun

lunch m ‎(plural lunches)

1. lunch

Swedish

Etymology

From English lunch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɵnɧ/

Noun

lunch c

1. a lunch, a meal eaten about noon

Declension

Related terms

See also

• middag

References

• lunch in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)