Einkaufen
Grocery shopping is daily-life German at its most frequent - and it's also a classic Goethe/telc A1 Schreiben (writing) prompt: "write a shopping list" or "write a short note about what you need." Today's vocabulary plugs straight into the "Ich möchte ..." pattern from Lesson 11.
| das Brot | bread | die Milch | milk |
| der Käse | cheese | das Ei / die Eier | egg / eggs |
| der Apfel | apple | das Gemüse | vegetables |
| das Obst | fruit | das Wasser | water |
Ich möchte ein Brot und Käse, bitte.
Was kostet das? (What does that cost?)
Wie viel kostet die Milch? (How much is the milk?)
Both questions reuse the W-question pattern from Lesson 5 - question word first, verb second.
German reads a price with the whole-euro number, the word "Euro," then the cents:
| 2,50 € | zwei Euro fünfzig |
| 0,99 € | neunundneunzig Cent |
| 15,30 € | fünfzehn Euro dreißig |
Note the comma, not a decimal point - German uses , where English uses . for decimals. Reading "fünfzehn Euro dreißig" out loud reuses the exact "flip" number rule from Lesson 2 for anything above 20.
1. What's the article for "Milch" (milk)?
2. "What does that cost?" - Was ______ das?
3. Say "2,50 €" in German (two words plus a number word).
4. What's the German word for "vegetables"?
5. What's the article for "Apfel" (apple)?
Vocabulary drawn from the "Essen und Trinken" (food and drink) topic in the official Goethe-Zertifikat A1 Wortliste.
Want to practice writing a full shopping list or a short note to a roommate? Ask your teaching agent to check your writing.