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fast food
Quickly prepared and served food that is often sold in special restaurants or at snack stands and is intended to be eaten quickly.
Nach dem Kino haben wir uns noch schnell etwas Fastfood geholt.
After the movie, we quickly got some fast food.
'Fastfood' (fast food) is a word from English and is made up of 'fast' (schnell) and 'food' (Essen). So it literally means 'schnelles Essen' (quick food).
Viele Menschen essen in der Mittagspause Fastfood, weil es schnell geht.
Many people eat fast food during their lunch break because it is quick.
The word 'Fastfood' (fast food) is usually used as an uncountable collective term and therefore almost always appears in the singular. You talk about 'Fastfood' (fast food) in general, not about individual 'Fastfoods'.
Zu viel Fastfood ist ungesund.
Too much fast food is unhealthy.
Common verbs used with 'Fastfood' (fast food) are 'essen' (to eat), 'sich holen' (to get oneself), or 'sich ernähren von' (to live on). It is also often used as part of compound words such as 'Fastfood-Restaurant' (fast-food restaurant) or 'Fastfood-Kette' (fast-food chain).
Er ernährt sich fast nur von Fastfood.
He lives almost entirely on fast food.
snack / snack bar
'der Imbiss' and 'das Fastfood' both have to do with quick food. 'der Imbiss' can mean a small meal, but also the place where you quickly eat or buy something. 'das Fastfood' means the type of food itself, for example quickly prepared dishes meant to be eaten quickly. So you can buy Fastfood at an Imbiss. There is a risk of confusion because both often appear in the same situations. If you mean the shop or stand, use 'Imbiss'. If you are talking about the food as a type of cuisine, 'Fastfood' fits better.
Unter der Woche isst Max zu oft Fastfood, weil er wenig Zeit zum Kochen hat.
During the week, Max eats fast food too often because he has little time to cook.
An der Ecke gibt es einen Imbiss, der bis spät abends geöffnet hat.
There is a snack bar on the corner that is open until late in the evening.