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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!

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Date: 2009-05-05 09:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] nightdog-barks.livejournal.com
Mr. N says he thinks it's Rasiermesser.

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Date: 2009-05-05 09:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] heretoutopia.livejournal.com
Even J with his non-existent German might be able to pronounce that ;)

Thanks!

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Date: 2009-05-05 09:16 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] nightdog-barks.livejournal.com
*g*

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)
From: [identity profile] jadesfire2808.livejournal.com
*points down* Apparently it's a little old-fashioned, but still accurate :D

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Date: 2009-05-05 09:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miss-zedem.livejournal.com
I think a chemist is an Apotheke, but my German is VERY rusty... Pretty sure they sell disposable razors (Einwegrasier?). Hopefully a native speaker will happen by.

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)
From: [identity profile] jadesfire2808.livejournal.com
Close :) *points down* Hopefully I've sent him off with enough information to be dangerous...

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Date: 2009-05-05 09:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asrai99.livejournal.com
You'd buy stuff like that at the German equivalent of Boots, which could be called Schlecker or dm. The general word for it is Drogerie.

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)
From: [identity profile] jadesfire2808.livejournal.com
Oh, awesome, thanks. Hopefully he'll succeed!

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Date: 2009-05-05 09:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladyamarra.livejournal.com
Generally, almost every kind of market or shop sells disposable razors. Usually somewhere around the usual isles for hygene products. Good choices are Markets like "Schlecker", "Dm" or "Müller" who are specialised in perfumes, hygene articles, and a little bit of everything. The names are their signs, so they are easiy to find. I know that there are some of these around the most common tourist/Motel areas of Berlin, but he can find them almost everywhere in the shopping zones. Plus, any kind of supermarket has them, somewhere around toothbrushes usually (but in larger packs) they are cheaper there, too.

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)
From: [identity profile] jadesfire2808.livejournal.com
Oh, that's brilliant, thank you! He's been to Berlin once before, but I think he was much more 'looked after' that time. Hopefully he won't get too lost!

Much appreciated.

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Date: 2009-05-05 09:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dune-drd.livejournal.com
I don't know how good his Berlin tourist skills are, but the KaDeWe (http://www.kadewe.de/en/home/) sells about everything and is very hard to miss - follow the tourists.

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)
From: [identity profile] dune-drd.livejournal.com
Oh, and I forgot: Good German hotels have things like toiletries at the reception, just in case someone forgets his/her own...

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Date: 2009-05-06 07:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jadesfire2808.livejournal.com
I think that's what he's counting on :) Thank you so much!

*muses* I used to have a KaDeWe bag from a school trip. I wonder what happened to it...