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"der Mampf"

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Definition: food, meal (slang)

der Mampf (no pl., slang) food, meal
mampfen (v.i./t.) to munch, chomp

Pronunciation: MAMPF
Examples:

Ohne Mampf kein Kampf. (Spruch)
An army marches on its stomach.*
No food, no battle. (German saying)
Antje, das war wieder ein geiler Mampf!
Antje, that was another great meal!

*Attributed to both Napolean Bonaparte and Frederick the Great (Friedrich der Große)

Related: der Kampf battle; fight, struggle

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