Grocery shopping in Germany

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Imagine you are in a huge supermarket in Germany and you can't find the products you are looking for. Wouldn't it be great to know at least the basic vocabulary for grocery shopping in Germany? Of course it would! Therefore, you should have a look at this lesson!

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1.German shopping phrases
2.Fruits in German
3.Vegetables in German
4.List of dairy products in German
5.Meat, fish and seafood
6.Exercises
6.1.Translate these fruit names into German
6.2.Translate these vegetable names into German
6.3.Dairy products, meat, fish and seafood in German

German shopping phrases

Before learning how all the fruits and vegetables are called in German, we will have a look at some basic vocabulary you always need while going grocery shopping!

English	German
the groceries	die Lebensmittel
the supermarket	der Supermarkt
the bakery	die Bäckerei
the butcher shop	die Metzgerei
the cash point	die Kasse
the money	das Geld
the credit card	die Kreditkarte
the shopping trolley	der Einkaufswagen
the shopping basket	der Einkaufskorb
the gram	das Gramm
the kilogram	das Kilogramm
1 dozen	ein Dutzend
1 slice	eine Scheibe
1 piece	ein Stück

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Fruits in German

First of all, we will learn how the different fruits are called in German!

the fruits = die Früchte

English	German
the apple	der Apfel
the pear	die Birne
the banana	die Banane
the orange	die Orange
the grapefruit	die Grapefruit
the mandarin	die Mandarine
the lemon	die Zitrone
the lime	die Limone
the blueberry	die Heidelbeere
the strawberry	die Erdbeere
the raspberry	die Himbeere
the blackberry	die Brombeere
the pineapple	die Ananas
the mango	die Mango
the melon	die Melone
the cherry	die Kirsche
the avocado	die Avocado
the kiwi	die Kiwi
the grape	die Traube
the peach	der Pfirsisch
the plum	die Pflaume
the apricot	die Aprikose

Vegetables in German

In the following list you will find all vegetables with their translation in German!

the vegetables = das Gemüse

English	German
the potato	die Kartoffel
the carrot	die Karotte
the tomato	die Tomate
the cucumber	die Gurke
the zucchini	die Zucchini
the eggplant	die Aubergine
the pumpkin	der Kürbis
the pea	die Erbse
the lentil	die Linse
the bean	die Bohne
the chickpea	die Kichererbse
the brokkoli	der Brokkoli
the cauliflower	der Blumenkohl
the onion	die Zwiebel
the garlic	der Knoblauch
the salad	der Salat
the spinach	der Spinat
the mushroom	der Pilz
the pepper	die Paprika
the celery	die Sellerie

List of dairy products in German

Below, you will find a list with the most important milk products in German!

the dairy products = die Milchprodukte

English	German
the milk	die Milch
the cream	die Sahne
the sour cream	die saure Sahne
the whipped cream	die geschlagene Sahne
the yoghurt	der Joghurt
the butter	die Butter
the cheese	der Käse
the cream cheese	der Frischkäse

Meat, fish and seafood

Last, we will learn some vocabulary about meat and fish products!

the meat = das Fleisch
the fish = der Fisch
the seafood = die Meeresfrüchte

English	German
the pork	das Schweinefleisch
the beef	das Rindfleisch
the chicken	das Hühnerfleisch
the turkey	das Putenfleisch
the lamb	das Lammfleisch
the ham	der Schinken
the salami	die Salami
the bacon	der Speck
the sausage	die Wurst
the blood sausage	die Blutwurst
the salmon	der Lachs
the smoked salmon	der Räucherlachs
the shrimp	die Garnele
the crab	der Krebs
the mussel	die Miesmuschel
the lobster	der Hummer
the prawn	die Krabbe
the squid	der Tintenfish
the tuna	der Thunfisch
the trout	die Forelle

After having studied all vocabulary lists, you should try out our fun and interactive exercises!