In every Lesson from 4 - 12 there is going to be a featured German-Speaking city, which be the theme of the lesson. For 4 - 6 it is Berlin. There will be famous locations in Berlin, like for this lession it's Kurfürstendamm and KaDeWe, the shopping area of Berlin. Also in each lesson there will be facts, so if you ever travel to a German-Speaking country it'll be like you are a native!
Facts
It's Time to Change Time
Local time is 6 hours ahead of E.S.T. If it's 2:00pm in New York City, it's 8:00pm locally. Please note that Germany changes to and from daylight-saving time a few weeks before the U.S., so time differences still vary in March and October.
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Tip, Tip, and Tip Some More
Tipping. A service charge is always included on restaurant checks, but it is usual and polite to round up the amount. For a cup of coffee costing about 2.00 EUR, you would round up to 2.50 EUR. At a
restaurant, you should give a tip of at least five percent. Giving no tip at all is considered extremely rude. Tip when paying, don't leave money on the table. Tip the hat check or coat check attendant. Add about 2 Euros to taxi fares. Tipping is very important.
Shopping Locations
There are two major shopping locations. The Kurfürstendamm in the old west is lined with boutiques and department stores. It continues eastwards for about three hundred yards where you can visit KaDeWe, the biggest department store in Europe. On the newly-developed Friedrichstraße in the old east, the famous French store Galleries Lafayette is to be found together with a maze of underground shopping malls. Shops are generally open 9am-8:30pm Monday through Friday and 9am-4pm on Saturdays
Dialog
German Dialogue • Kleidung Going Shopping • Gehendes Einkaufen Helga Guten Morgen, Maria.
Maria Morgen. Wie geht's?
Helga Mir geht's gut. Ich gehe zum Kurfürstendamm, möchten Sie mit mir kommen?
Maria Ja, gerne. Ich hole vorher noch Geld.
Helga Ich sehe Sie dann am Kurfürstendamm.
am Kurfürstendamm Helga Hallo Maria!
Maria Hallo!
Helga Wohin gehen wir als erstes?
Maria Lassen Sie uns zu dieser Boutique gehen.
Helga O.K.
in der Boutique Angestellter Thomas Hallo meine Damen!
Maria und Hegla Hallo, guten Tag.
Angestellter Thomas Benötigt ihr Hilfe?
Maria Ja, Können Sie mir helfen, diesen Rock in meiner Größe zu finden?
Angestellter Thomas Natürlich.
Angestellter Thomas Hier ist der Rock in Ihrer Größe.
Maria Danke. Wo ist die Umkleidekabine?
Angestellter Thomas Dort.
Shopping
Shopping
Their is a lot to shopping, places to shop, money, items to buy. In this lesson we will cover most of it.
There are two big shopping locations in Berlin they are Kurfürstendamm and KaDeWe.
German Vocabulary • Kleidung Shopping • Einkaufen
English German
Babywear Die Babyartikel (plural)
Children's Wear Die Kinderbekleidung Clearance Sale Der Räumungsverkauf
Closed Geschlossen
Clothing Die Kleidung Computer
Section Der Computershop
Cosmetics Die Kosmetik
Customer Der Kunde
Customer Service Der Kundendienst Electrical
Appliance Das Elektrogerät Escalator Die Rolltreppe
Fashion Die Mode
Furniture Das Möbel (no plural)
Gift Der Geschenkartikel
Good Value (Adj.) Preiswert
Groceries Die Lebensmittel (plural)
Jewelery Damenschuhe (plural)
Leather Goods Die Lederwaren (plural)
Open Geöffnet
Opening Hours Die Öffnungszeiten (plural)
Present Das Geschenk
Reduced Reduziert
Sales Receipt Der Kassenbon
Souvenir Das Andenken
Special Offer Das Sonderangebot Sports Goods Sportartikel (plural)
Stationery Schreibwaren (plural)
Summer Sale Der Sommerschlussverkauf (abbr. SSV)
Video Store Die Videothek
Winter Sale Der Winterschlussverkauf (abbr. WSV)
Kurfürstendamm
Tauentzienstraße Fasanenstraße
Two Kurfürstendamm has many boutiques, department stores, ect. Which are in Tauentzienstraße and Fasanenstraße, two streets in Kurfürstendamm. Tauentzienstraße has a lot of the department stores, including KaDeWe, which we will get into greater detail later. and Fasanenstraße has a lot of the boutiques.
German Vocabulary • Kleidung Ku'damm • Kurfürstendamm
English German
Department Store Warenhaus
Retail Store Einzelhandelsgeschäft
The Mall Einkaufszentrum
Boutique Boutique
Store Geschäft
And some of the thing to might say or ask while in a Clothing store...
• Können Sie mir helfen, meine Größe zu finden (für dieses ____)?
Can you help me find my size (for this ____)?
• Wo ist die Umkleidekabine?
Where is the dressing room?
German Vocabulary • Kleidung Ku'damm • Kurfürstendamm
English German
Manager Manager
Employee Angestellter
Sales Clerk Verkäufer
Cashier Kassierer
Dressing Room Umkleidekabine
Men's Section Männerabteilung
Women's Section Frauenabteilung
KaDeWe
And another shopping location is KaDeWe, a upscale department store in Germany. It has six floors, and Is also called "The department store of the west" (Kaufhaus des Westens) because it is the largest and most magnificent department store on continental Europe.
German Vocabulary • Kleidung KaDeWe • Kaufhaus des Westens
English German
First Floor Erstes Stockwerk
Menswear Männerkleidung
Second Floor Zweiter Stock
Womenswear Frauenkleidung
Third Floor Dritte Stock
Kids Section Kinderabteilung Fourth Floor Vierter Stock
Electronics Elektronik
Kitchenware Küchenbedarf
Fifth Floor Fünfter Stock
Lighting Beleuchtung
Bedding Bettwäsche
Toys Spielwaren
Six Floor Sechster Stock
Food Lebensmittel
Since are have most of the general shopping phases and vocaulary down, we are going to get more detail.
Electronics
First is electronics, it might seem a little bare, but electronics and many other stuff will be featured in Lesson 12.
German Vocabulary • Kleidung KaDeWe • Kaufhaus des Westens
English German
Electronics Elektronik
Television Fernsehen
Digital Camera Digitalkamera
Telephone Telefon
Cell phone Mobiltelefon, Handy
Computer Computer, Rechner
Speakers Lautsprecher
DVDs DVD
CDs CD
DVD Player DVD-Player
CD Player CD-Player
Notice that computer is a abbreviation of Personal Computer. And some phrases you can ask the employee.
Spielt der DVD-Player auch CD?
Does the DVD player also play CDs?
Hat das Mobiltelefon eine Digitalkamera?
Does the cell phone have a digital camera?
If you look at the word order of this sentence, you will see you've already learned everything it those to sentence, and you, yourself can customize these sentences if you want.
Bedding
And yes bedding will also be quite bare as well, but that is because bedding isn't that big, but beds we will discuss in Lesson 12.
German Vocabulary • Kleidung KaDeWe • Kaufhaus des Westens
English German
Bedding Bettwäsche
Blankets Decken
Pillow Kopfkissen
Pillow Case Kopfkissenbezüge
Sheets Blätter
Bed Skirt Bett-Rock
And like always here are some of the things you might say that are related to bedding.
• Passen die Kopfkissenbezüge auf das Kopfkissen?
Does the pillow case fit the pillow?
And with that question there are other variations of it you can ask, like...
• Passt die Decke auf das Bett?
Does the blanket fit the bed?
Money
Germany, Austria, Luxemburg, Belgium and Südtirol – in other words: all German speaking regions except Switzerland and Liechtenstein– have given up their former currencies and adopted the Euro as of 1999. Because they are not members of the European Union, Switzerland and Liechtenstein have kept the Swiss Francs. Currently 1 EUR is 0.82 USD, so the Euro is stronger.
Now if you were at a shopping center in German like Kurfürstendamm, and you were shopping at a boutique here is some vocabulary you might want to know.
• Was macht das?
How much does it cost?
• Der Hemd kostet 120 Euro.
The shirt cost 120 euros.
• Das kostet 690 Euro.
The total is 690 euros.
German Vocabulary • Kleidung Money • Geld
English German
Price Preis
Note Der Schein
Coin Die Münze
1 Euro Coin Das Eurostück 2 Euro Coin Das Zweieurostück 5 Euro Note Der Fünfeuroschein 10 Euro Coin Der Zehneuroschein 100 Euro Coin Der Hunderteuroschein
Note: The word coin (Münze) turns to Stück when a word or number is put together with it.
Even though in the vocabulary we list the 1, 2, 5, 10, 100 Euro there are more Euro Notes. The twenty, fifty, and two hundred Euro Notes are the ones we didn't list, also there are cent coins.
German Vocabulary • Kleidung Money • Geld
English German
1 Cent Coin Das Centstück 2 Cent Coin Das Zweicentstück 5 Cent Coin Das Fünfcentstück 10 Cent Coin Das Zehncentstück 20 Cent Coin Das Zwanzigcentstück 50 Cent Coin Das Fünfcentstück German Math
In written German, a comma is used in prices where we would put a decimal point in English. Thus € 5,49 (or 5,49 €) means five euros and fourty-nine cents. In shops and supermarkets however, prices can either be displayed by a comma or a decimal point. When a price ends in a round number of euros, it is most commonly written as € 5,- etc. The reverse is also true. Where as English uses a comma to split up large numbers, German uses a decimal point. So "€ 6.945" means six thousand nine hundred and forty-five euros - not six point nine four five euros.
Clothing
German Vocabulary • Kleidung Clothes • Kleidung
English German
Skirt Der Rock
Pullover Der Pullover
Scarf Das Tuch
Coat Der Mantel
Shirt Das Hemd
Sweater Der Pullover
Necktie Der Schlips
Jacket Die Jacke
Pants Die Hose
Hat Der Hut
Shoe Der Schuh
Sock Die Socke
Glove Der Handschuh
Blouse Die Bluse
German Vocabulary • Kleidung Clothes • Kleidung
English German
Size Die Größe
Color Die Farbe
Cotton Die Baumwolle
Leather Das Leder
Rayon Die Kuntseide
German Vocabulary • Kleidung Sizes • Die Größen
English German
Small Klein
Medium Mittel
Large Groß
Extra-Large Extragroß
Note: If the shirt you bought was size medium it would be a Grösse Mittelhemd.
Describing Clothes
Here are some of the words you can use when your describing them...
Cheap Billig
To say If like something or not, for clothing, it's...
I like it!
Er/Sie/Es gefällt mir!
I don't like it!
Er/Sie/Es gefällt mir nicht!
Now if you try something on you or your looking for a soft shirt with a tight fit, you find it, feel, try it on, but it's fairly expensive you might say this...
In English: The shirt looks great! The shirt feels soft, fits tight. The shirt is very comfortable. How much does it cost? Oh no! The shirt is expensive! Wow, 55 euros that's a little too much.
In German: Das Hemd sieht prima aus! Das Hemd fühlt sich weich an, es sitzt eng. Das Hemd ist sehr bequem. Wieviel kostet es? Mist! Das Hemd ist zu teuer! 55 Euro ist zuviel.
The phases to describe the shirt were...
The shirt looks great.
Now, the bold words are verbs that are one part in describing how the shirt is. The other half of
describing it is the adjectives like soft, tight, great, ect. And as you can see the verb looks is separable, but we will get into that later.
Clothing-Related Verbs
And now getting into verbs here are some of the verbs, an also some of these are Separable-Prefix Verbs, like aussehen, anprobieren, and anhaben. But we will study those in more detail later. Also we will be learning about tragen.
To look "Aussehen"
He looks "Er sieht aus"
To try on "Anprobieren"
He tries on "Er probiert an"
To put on "Anziehen"
He puts on "Er zieht an"
To take "Nehmen"
To buy "Kaufen"
To have on/wear "Anhaben" or "tragen"
He has on/wears "Er hat an"