täglich Brot

Meaning

daily bread

Concepts

cost of one’s food

Synonyms

Alltag

Routine

Tagesgeschäft

Verpflegungskosten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌtɛːklɪç ˈbʁoːt/

Etymology

From täglich (“daily”) + Brot (“bread”). In older German strong neuter adjectives could be left uninflected. This is now generally poetic, but still common in a few fixed expressions. Compare trocken Brot, fließend Wasser.