Drogerie

German

Etymology

From French droguerie.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʁoɡəˈʁiː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Dro‧ge‧rie

Noun

Drogerie f (genitive Drogerie, plural Drogerien)

  1. A retail store selling beauty, hygiene and household related products as well as certain non-prescription medications, roughly equivalent to a drugstore (US) or chemist (UK).

Usage notes
  • In Germany, the bulk of non-prescription medication is nevertheless apothekenpflichtig, meaning that it can only be sold by certified pharmacies. In turn, these pharmacies are not allowed to sell items unrelated to health concerns. Therefore there is only a limited overlap between the products sold at Drogerien and Apotheken.

Declension
Declension of Drogerie [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Drogerie die Drogerien
genitive einer der Drogerie der Drogerien
dative einer der Drogerie den Drogerien
accusative eine die Drogerie die Drogerien
  • Droge
  • Drogist
  • Drogistin
  • Drogeriemarkt

Further reading
  • “Drogerie” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Drogerie” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Drogerie” in Duden online
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