Noun: rugbrød
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Definite
| Sg. | rugbrødet |
| Pl. | rugbrøda; rugbrødene |
Sample Sentences
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det bekjente tyske «Schwartzbrot» eller «Pumpernickel» er … rugbrød, ofte med tilsetning av sukker (The well-known German “Schwarzbrot” or “Pumpernickel” is … rye bread, often with added sugar.) [1929 June 29, A-magasinet, page 5:]
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du satt alltid [og] spiste … rugbrød med fiskegrateng på (You always sat [and] ate … rye bread topped with fish gratin.) [1959, Axel Jensen, Line, page 54:]
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Gauguin var glad for å kunne selge et maleri for et rugbrød (Gauguin was pleased to be able to sell a painting for a loaf of rye bread.) [1960, Gerd Nyquist, Avdøde ønsket ikke blomster, page 158:]
Nouns inflected like rugbrød
kretsløp,
kroppsvev,
sexliv,
samråd,
samvær,
samløp,
sesongkort,
cappella-kor,
solbær,
sjøfly,
sjøliv,
betongrør,
passasjertog,
passasjerfly,
skritt,
skjerf,
skjegg,
skjold,
fenakjøtt,
selvmord, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Old Norse rúgbrauð (“rye bread”), from rúgr (“rye”) and brauð (“bread”).
2. By surface analysis, rug (“rye”) + brød (“bread”).
3. Cognates and parallel formations include Norwegian Nynorsk rugbrød, Danish rugbrød, Swedish rågbröd, Icelandic rúgbrauð, Faroese rugbreyð, German Roggenbrot, Dutch roggebrood and English rye bread. See: Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns '
rugbrød', Danish Nouns '
rugbrød', Swedish Nouns '
rågbröd', Icelandic Nouns '
rúgbrauð', German Nouns '
Roggenbrot', Dutch Nouns '
roggebrood', English Nouns '
rye bread'.
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