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Maurermarmelade
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German
Etymology
de :af Maurer<t:bricklayer> Marmelade<t:jam>
From de Maurer bricklayer Marmelade jam.
Noun
f
de colloquial humorous minced meat, traditionally eaten on bread rolls (de Mettbrötchen) as part of the communal breakfast by construction workers or others having to perform physical labour as part of their job
de Mett Hackepeter Feuerwehrmarmelade
de „Reichst du mir bitte die Maurermarmelade rüber?” – „Die Zwiebeln auch?“ “Could you pass the bricklayers' jam?“ — “The onions as well?”
Declension
f
References
“Maurermarmelade” in Sprachnudel
de https://www.klamm.de/schlaufuchs/was-ist-maurermarmelade-38245.html Was ist Maurermarmelade? klamm.de Schlaufuchs 2022-09-13 2025-08-26 http://web.archive.org/web/20250826140900/https://www.klamm.de/schlaufuchs/was-ist-maurermarmelade-38245.html 2025-08-26
en https://germanisweird.com/maurermarmelade/ Maurermarmelade German is weird 2023-04-18 2025-08-26 http://web.archive.org/web/20240721105821/https://germanisweird.com/maurermarmelade/ 2025-08-26