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picnic
A meal eaten outdoors, often in a park or in the countryside, where the participants bring the food themselves.
Am Sonntag machen wir bei gutem Wetter ein Picknick am See.
On Sunday, if the weather is good, we're having a picnic by the lake.
'Picknick' (picnic) is often used as the first part of compound nouns to describe things you need for it. The most important ones are 'der Picknickkorb' (picnic basket) and 'die Picknickdecke' (picnic blanket).
Hast du den Picknickkorb schon gepackt?
Have you packed the picnic basket yet?
The noun 'Picknick' (picnic) is almost always used with the verb 'machen' (to make/do). The fixed combination is 'ein Picknick machen' (to have a picnic).
Lass uns am Wochenende ein Picknick im Park machen.
Let's have a picnic in the park this weekend.
When you go to a picnic or invite someone to one, you use 'zu' or 'zum'. When you describe what happens during it, you use 'bei' or 'beim'.
Wir sind zum Picknick am See eingeladen.
We've been invited to the picnic by the lake.
snack / snack bar
'der Imbiss' and 'das Picknick' both have to do with food, often not with a large, formal meal. 'Imbiss' means either a small, quick meal or the place where you buy something like that, for example a stand. 'Picknick' means a meal outdoors, where you usually bring the food yourself. The words can be confused because at a picnic you may also eat only small things. If the outdoor setting and the food being eaten outside are important, 'Picknick' fits. If it is about quick food or a snack bar, 'Imbiss' fits.
Am Sonntag machen wir ein Picknick im Park und bringen Brot, Käse und Obst mit.
On Sunday, we're having a picnic in the park and bringing bread, cheese, and fruit.
Nach der Arbeit kauft sich Mehmet am Imbiss eine Portion Pommes.
After work, Mehmet buys himself a portion of fries at the snack bar.