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    Knibbel; Henkelmann

    Context/ examples
    Meine Großmutter zum Großvater: "Vergiss nicht schon wieder den Knibbel mitzunehmen!"
    Comment
    Unter Knibbel (im rheinischen Raum meines Wissens verwendet)oder Henkelmann versteht man ein (emailliertes)Blechgefäß, welches fest verschließbar ist und dem Nahrungstransport dient: für Butterbrote, aber besonders für Suppe oder andere warme Speisen.
    AuthorNorbert Herlet08 Mar 02, 00:53
    Suggestionlunchbox
    Comment
    All I can think of is "lunchbox" (even if it's for a different meal, it's still called that--US).

    The image that comes to mind when you say "lunchbox" here is a painted rectangular box with a snap-closable hinged lid, about 20 x 30 x 10cm (guessing the size--I don't have a model in front of me). It often has a place inside where a small Thermos bottle (vacuum flask) can be fastened. That doesn't sound too different from your example.

    If it were open and made of cane, we might call it a picnic basket, but then it's usually for carrying food for many, and a "lunchbox" is only for one person.
    #1AuthorPeter08 Mar 02, 05:55
    SuggestionKnibbel, Henkelmann
    Comment
    I saw one of these in an Asian supermarket the other day and it was simply called "food carrier". I think a lunch box is something quite different, because you can't transport soup or "Eintopf" or rice pudding (!) in it. By the way I know it in German as "Mitchen", an expression I love.
    #2AuthorTete08 Mar 02, 10:50
    Suggestionfood carrier, foodtainer®
    Comment
    A lunchbox won't work for liquid stuff (if you don't want it to leak all over the place). I saw food carrier, too. They are nowadays made of plastic or aluminium. I also saw foodtainer or food-tainer, but I think this is the name of a special product series of that kind.
    #3AuthorK.S.08 Mar 02, 12:13
    Suggestionthermos
    Context/ examples
    Get that damn thermos away from me!
    Comment
    You can put liquidy foods or drinks in a thermos, which is insulated so it keeps things warm (or cold). You probably wouldn't put Butterbrot in one though. Usually you'd see a worker taking a thermos and a lunchbox.
    #4AuthorRoy08 Mar 02, 19:53
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    Check out the URL for a picture I found of things called "Henkelmann". I can only say, "sowas gibt's bei uns (Amerikaner) nicht." The best description I could give would be "insulated food container"...
    #5AuthorRoy08 Mar 02, 22:23
     
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