pålegg

Language: Norwegian · [ˈpoːlɛɡ] · Pronunciation: POH-leg

Meaning

anything you put on bread — cheese, ham or jam: one word for the lot

The story

Norway runs on the matpakke, the modest packed lunch, and pålegg covers anything that earns a place on the slice: supermarkets label a whole aisle with it. Cheese or jam, sitting on top or hiding inside, it is all one category. English makes you choose between topping and filling.

The four rounds

Which language is it from?: Norwegian
What does it literally say?: Laid-on
Where would you hear it?: In the supermarket bread aisle
What does it mean?: Anything you put on a slice of bread

How it went

Harder than most words so far.

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