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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
'die Apotheke' and 'die Drogerie' are both stores where you can buy health and personal care products. The most important difference is: in an Apotheke (pharmacy), you can get medications, including prescription medications, and advice from pharmaceutical professionals. In a Drogerie (drugstore), you mainly buy shampoo, cream, cosmetics, laundry detergent, cleaning products, and often also simple over-the-counter products. Learners easily confuse the words because both have to do with health. For a doctor's prescription, you go to the Apotheke; for personal care products, you usually go to the Drogerie.
Mein Freund kauft nach der Arbeit in der Drogerie Zahnpasta und Waschmittel.
After work, my friend buys toothpaste and laundry detergent at the drugstore.
Frau Yilmaz geht heute in die Apotheke, weil sie ein Rezept für ihre Tochter hat.
Ms. Yilmaz is going to the pharmacy today because she has a prescription for her daughter.