Vokabahn

Shopping

Vokabahn
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Noun

das Shopping

Pronunciation: [ˈʃɔpɪŋ]

shopping

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Meanings

Noun
  1. shopping

Example sentence

Am Samstag fahren wir zum Shopping in die Stadt.

On Saturday we are going into town to do some shopping.

Word forms

singular das Shopping

No common plural.

The four cases

Singular

Nominativedas Shopping
Accusativedas Shopping
Dativedem Shopping
Genitivedes Shoppings

Shopping has no common plural.

Usage

  • zum Shopping gehen — go shopping; zum combines zu + dem
  • Shopping / einkaufen — the borrowed noun often suggests leisure shopping; einkaufen is the ordinary verb
Extra sentence

Fürs Shopping in der Altstadt nehmen wir uns den ganzen Nachmittag Zeit.

We are setting aside the whole afternoon for shopping in the old town.