Dialog

German Dialogue • Kleidung

Going Shopping • Gehendes Einkaufen
Helga Guten Morgen, Maria.
Maria Morgen. Wie geht's?
Mir geht's gut. Ich gehe zum Kurfürstendamm, möchten Sie mit mir
Helga
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
Der Computershop
Section
Cosmetics Die Kosmetik
Customer Der Kunde
Customer Service Der Kundendienst
Electrical
Das Elektrogerät
Appliance
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.