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To go shopping, often as a leisure activity and without a specific necessary goal, but for pleasure. It usually refers to buying clothes, shoes, or accessories.
Am Wochenende fahre ich mit meiner Freundin in die Stadt, um zu shoppen.
At the weekend, I'm going into town with my friend to shop.
'Shoppen' (to shop) is a word from English, but in German grammar it is conjugated like a regular German verb. The past participle is formed with 'ge-': 'geshoppt' (shopped).
Gestern habe ich den ganzen Nachmittag online geshoppt.
Yesterday I shopped online all afternoon.
'Shoppen' (to shop) is very often combined with the verb 'gehen' (to go) to describe the activity of shopping. In this construction, 'shoppen' appears at the end of the sentence in the infinitive.
Wollen wir am Samstag zusammen shoppen gehen?
Do we want to go shopping together on Saturday?
The word 'shoppen' (to shop) belongs to colloquial language. It is mainly used in informal conversations and everyday life.
Lass uns nachher noch eine Runde shoppen!
Let's go for a bit of shopping later!
to buy
'kaufen' and 'shoppen' both have to do with shopping. 'kaufen' clearly describes that you pay for something and then own it. It works for necessary things as well as for larger or smaller purchases. 'shoppen' more often means that you go shopping for fun, often for clothes, shoes, or similar things. You may buy something while doing this, but you do not have to. Learners may confuse the words because people often buy things when they go shopping. 'kaufen' is more precise for the result, while 'shoppen' is for the leisure activity.
Am Samstag geht Lisa mit ihrer Freundin in der Stadt shoppen.
On Saturday, Lisa is going shopping in town with her friend.
Er hat am Wochenende einen neuen Fahrradhelm gekauft.
He bought a new bicycle helmet at the weekend.