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drugstore
A store that sells personal care products, cosmetics, laundry and cleaning products, and often also over-the-counter medicines and baby food.
Ich muss noch schnell in die Drogerie, um Zahnpasta zu kaufen.
I still need to quickly go to the drugstore to buy toothpaste.
A key feature of a 'Drogerie' (drugstore) is that prescription medications are not sold there. A different type of store is responsible for that.
Für mein Rezept muss ich in die Apotheke, nicht in die Drogerie.
For my prescription, I have to go to the pharmacy, not the drugstore.
To remember the term, it helps to think of the typical products: you go to the 'Drogerie' (drugstore) for shampoo, soap, cosmetics, cleaning products, or baby diapers.
Kannst du auf dem Rückweg in der Drogerie noch Waschmittel kaufen?
Can you buy some laundry detergent at the drugstore on your way back?
With this word, the prepositions 'in' and 'zu' are important. You go 'in die Drogerie' (into/to the drugstore) or 'zur Drogerie' (to the drugstore) with the accusative idea of direction, and you buy something 'in der Drogerie' (in/at the drugstore) with the dative.
Ich gehe kurz in die Drogerie, um Sonnencreme zu holen.
I'm quickly going to the drugstore to get sunscreen.
pharmacy
Both die Apotheke and die Drogerie sell health products and, in some cases, over-the-counter medicines. Die Apotheke specializes in medications and pharmaceutical advice. Die Drogerie mainly offers a wide range of personal care, hygiene, and household products, so it is a better fit for this kind of mixed shopping trip.
Das rezeptfreie Erkältungsmittel kauft Lea zusammen mit Shampoo in der Drogerie.
Lea buys the over-the-counter cold medicine at the drugstore along with shampoo.
Wegen der richtigen Anwendung des rezeptfreien Medikaments fragt Lea in der Apotheke nach.
Lea asks at the pharmacy how to use the over-the-counter medication correctly.
