German speaking folks!
May. 5th, 2009 10:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Very quick drive-by question:
My other half is about to spend 2 nights in Berlin, but because he's only taking hand-luggage, he won't be able to take a razor. I've found in the past when travelling that you can't make assumptions about what's sold where so I've got 2 questions for you:
- What kind of shop does he buy one in? What will be on the sign? (this sounds silly, but I've been tripped up by it before...)
- What's the German for razor? Just in case he can't see them and needs to ask!
Thanks!
My other half is about to spend 2 nights in Berlin, but because he's only taking hand-luggage, he won't be able to take a razor. I've found in the past when travelling that you can't make assumptions about what's sold where so I've got 2 questions for you:
- What kind of shop does he buy one in? What will be on the sign? (this sounds silly, but I've been tripped up by it before...)
- What's the German for razor? Just in case he can't see them and needs to ask!
Thanks!
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Date: 2009-05-05 09:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-05 09:14 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2009-05-05 09:16 pm (UTC)Well, I'm hoping you get confirmation on that from a native speaker -- Mr. N hasn't taught German in many, many years.
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Date: 2009-05-06 07:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-05 09:25 pm (UTC)Oh, and iirc the symbol for a chemist is like a stylised mortar and pestle, like you get on some chemists here.
Or like this: http://www.nytimes.com/images/blogs/freakonomics/posts/Apotheke.jpg
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Date: 2009-05-06 07:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-05 09:26 pm (UTC)Rasiermesser literally means razor blade (one of the old-fashioned ones), but if he asks for a Rasierer, that should work just fine.
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Date: 2009-05-06 07:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-05 09:53 pm (UTC)German word for the common razor is "Rasierer", or for disposables "Einwegrasierer" so it's not too far away from the english. Shaving cream is "Rasierschaum" and If he needs blades It's "Rasierklingen". If all else fails, he can just ask for Gillette or whatever sort of razor he uses, the product names are usually the same.
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Date: 2009-05-06 07:07 am (UTC)Much appreciated.
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Date: 2009-05-05 09:55 pm (UTC)Boots equivalents (Drogerie) are usually easy to spot by the things they put in front of their shops (sales on shampoo and suchlike) - but every supermarket should have them, too. If in doubt, talk englisch - even the beggars speak it in the captial ;)
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Date: 2009-05-05 10:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-06 07:08 am (UTC)*muses* I used to have a KaDeWe bag from a school trip. I wonder what happened to it...