GERMAN LESSON - SHOPPING IN GERMANY - USEFUL TRAVEL PHRASES
How much is this?
Was kostet das? (vahss KOSS-tet
dahss?)
That's too expensive.
Das ist zu teuer. (dahss ist tsoo
TOY-er)
Would you take _____?
Würden Sie es für ___ verkaufen? (VUUR-den
zee as fyr _____ vayr-COW-fan?)
expensive
teuer (TOY-er)
cheap
billig / günstig (BILL-ikh /
GUUN-stikh)
I can't afford it.
Ich kann es mir nicht leisten. (ikh
kahn ess meer nikth LIGH-sten)
I don't want it.
Ich will es nicht. (ikh vill ess
nikht)
Watch & Learn:
Practise German shopping vocabulary and phrases:
I know that this is not the regular
price.
Ich weiß, dass das nicht der normale
Preis ist. (ikh vighss, dahss dahss nikht dayr nor-MAH-luh PRIGHSS ist)
I'm not interested.
Ich habe kein Interesse. (ikh
hah-buh kighn in-ter-ES-se)
Do you have this in my size?
Haben Sie das in meiner Größe? (HAH-ben
zee dahs in MIGH-ner GROO-suh?)
OK, I'll take it.
OK, ich nehme es. (oh-kay, ikh
NAY-muh ess)
Can I have a bag? *
Kann ich eine Tüte haben? (kahn
ikh IGH-nuh TUU-tuh HAH-ben?)
(>
Tip: at German supermarkets you have to pay extra for carrier bags)
Do you ship (overseas)?
Versenden Sie auch (nach Übersee)? (fayr-ZEN-den
zee owkh [nahkh UU-ber-zay]?)
I need...
Ich brauche... (ikh BROW-khuh...)
(BROW rhymes with cow)
Practise a range of useful phrases to help you with your shopping trip in Germany with this audio file, in which you'll hear a phrase in English and then in German. Useful shopping phrases in German
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Useful phrases at a German
pharmacy / chemists / drugstore ('APOTHEKE'):
toothpaste
Zahnpasta.
(TSAHN-pahs-tah)
toothbrush
eine
Zahnbürste. (IGH-nuh TSAHN-buur-stuh)
tampons
Tampons.
(TAHM-pohns)
soap
Seife.
(ZIGH-fuh)
shampoo
Shampoo.
(SHAHM-poo)
pain
killers (eg. aspirin)
Schmerzmittel.
(SHMAYRTS-mit-tel)
medicine
for a cold
etwas
gegen Erkältung. (ET-vahs GAY-gen ayr-KELT-oong)
stomach
medicine
Magentabletten
(MAH-gen-tah-BLET-ten)
a
razor
einen
Rasierer. (IGH-nen rah-ZEER-er)
a
razor blade
eine
Rasierklinge. (IGH-ne rah-ZEER-kling-uh)
sunblock
cream
Sonnencreme.
(ZON-nen-kraym)
Useful phrases at the post office /
newsagents in Germany:
a
postcard
eine
Postkarte. (IGH-nuh POST-kahr-tuh)
postage
stamps
Briefmarken.
(BREEF-mahr-ken)
writing
paper
Schreibpapier.
(SHRIGHP-pah-peer)
a
pen
einen
Stift. (igh-nen SHTIFT)
an
English language newspaper
eine
englischsprachige Zeitung. (IGH-nuh ENG-lish-shprahkh-ig-uh
TSIGH-toong)
Watch & Learn: 
Practise a range of useful phrases to help you with your shopping trip in Germany with this audio file, in which you'll hear a phrase in English and then in German.