1. Education

der Mampf

From , former About.com Guide

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

BACK > Wort des Tages
MORE > English-German Glossaries

©2012 About.com. All rights reserved.

A part of The New York Times Company.