Noun
das Shopping
Pronunciation: [ˈʃɔpɪŋ]
shopping
B2
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Meanings
Noun
- 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
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.