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Norwegian22 Sept 2026food

pålegg

POH-leg[ˈpoːlɛɡ]

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

Closest in English: topping, toppings, spread. None of them covers it.

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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.

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  1. Which language is it from?Norwegian
  2. When do you use it?At breakfast, before school
  3. Where would you hear it?In the supermarket bread aisle
  4. What does it mean?Anything you put on a slice of bread

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Round two, moment, was where most points went.

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