Lungenbrötchen

== German == === Etymology === Lunge (“lung”) +‎ -n +‎ Brötchen (“bread roll”). First used in World War 2 in reference to smoking to suppress hunger. Attested by 1941. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlʊŋənˌbʁøːtçən/ Hyphenation: Lun‧gen‧bröt‧chen === Noun === Lungenbrötchen n (strong, genitive Lungenbrötchens, plural Lungenbrötchen) (colloquial, humorous) cigarette, smoke Synonym: Zigarette ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Lungenbraten === References === Küpper, Heinz (1987), “Lungenbrötchen”, in Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache (in German), Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag, page 509 === Further reading === “Lungenbrötchen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)