# die Maurermarmelade

die Maurermarmelade is a German noun meaning “minced meat”. Forms: der Maurermarmelade, die Maurermarmeladen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Maurermarmelade
- Plural: die Maurermarmeladen

## Meanings

1. _colloquial · humorous_ minced meat, traditionally eaten on bread rolls (Mettbrötchen) as part of the communal breakfast by construction workers or others having to perform physical labour as part of their job
   - „Reichst du mir bitte die Maurermarmelade rüber?” – „Die Zwiebeln auch?“ — “Could you pass the bricklayers' jam?“ — “The onions as well?”

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