7.4 At the checkout 
 When Anna Müller gets to the checkout with her goods, the salesperson ("der Verkäufer") reads out what she has bought as he runs it over the scanner. He's a bit strange that way. Listen to their conversation by clicking here or on the sound icon at the top of this paragraph.
| Conversation 4: An der Kasse |
| Der Verkäufer: |
| Zwei Dosen Tomaten, eine Tiefkühl-Pizza, vier Packungen Nudeln, eine Schachtel Pralinen, ein halbes Pfund Butter, ein 3-Kilo-Paket Waschmittel, fünf 1-Liter-Flaschen Orangensaft, eine Tafel Schokolade, ein Glas Erdbeermarmelade, drei Liter Milch, eine Packung Taschentücher, zwei Tuben Zahnpasta, ein Becher Margarine, 500 Gramm Emmentaler Käse, eine Tüte Bonbons, sechs Flaschen Mineralwasser, acht Becher Himbeerjoghurt. Macht zusammen zweiundsiebzig Euro fünfundachtzig. Vielen Dank und auf Wiedersehen! |
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| Glossary |
| die Dose (-n) |
"tin" or "can" |
| die Tomate (-n) |
tomato |
| die Pizza (-s) |
pizza |
| die Tiefkühl-Pizza (-s) |
frozen pizza |
| die Packung (-en) |
packet, pack |
| die Nudeln (pl.) |
pasta; noodles |
| die Schachtel (-n) |
Here a "box" of chocolates. It can also be used to translate a "pack" of cigarettes. |
| die Butter |
butter |
| das Paket (-e) |
A "packet". Note the hyphens in 3-Kilo-Paket. |
| die Flasche (-n) |
bottle |
| der Orangensaft |
orange juice |
| die Tafel (-n) |
"bar" of chocolate |
| die Schokolade |
"chocolate". The general term for "chocolate", whereas Pralinen is what you would find in a box of chocolates. |
das Glas
(pl. - Gläser) |
Here it means a "jar" of jam, whereas in other contexts it simply means "glass". |
| die Erdbeere (-n) |
strawberry |
| die Erdbeermarmelade (-n) |
strawberry jam |
| das Taschentuch |
hanky; handkerchief |
| die Tube (-n) |
"tube". Note the different pronunciation in German! |
| die Zahnpasta |
toothpaste |
| der Becher (-) |
tub |
| die Margarine |
margarine |
| der Käse |
"cheese". Although this ends in an "-e", this noun is masculine. |
| Emmentaler Käse |
Emmentaler cheese |
| die Tüte (-n) |
bag |
| das Bonbon (-s) |
A "sweet". You might also see "der Bonbon" used for this. |
| unten |
at the bottom |
| das Waschmittel |
washing powder |
| das Wasser |
water |
| das Mineralwasser |
mineral water |
| die Himbeere (-n) |
raspberry |
| der Joghurt |
"Yoghurt". You might occasionally see it written as "das Joghurt" or "der/das Jogurt". |
| der Himbeerjoghurt (-s) |
raspberry yoghurt |
| macht zusammen... |
(This) comes to... |
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