drinking water
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drinking water
Refers to water that is suitable for drinking and for preparing food. It is used almost exclusively as the defining element in compound nouns to indicate their connection to drinking water.
Die neue Trinkwasser-Verordnung legt strengere Grenzwerte für Schadstoffe fest.
The new drinking water regulation sets stricter limits for pollutants.
The word 'Trinkwasser' is a compound noun made from the verb 'trinken' (to drink) and the noun 'Wasser' (water). So it literally means 'water for drinking'.
In vielen Ländern ist sauberes Trinkwasser nicht selbstverständlich.
In many countries, clean drinking water cannot be taken for granted.
'Trinkwasser' is almost always used as the first part of a new compound noun to describe something that has to do with drinking water.
Die Trinkwasserqualität wird regelmäßig kontrolliert.
Drinking water quality is checked regularly.
Although it describes something, 'Trinkwasser' is not declined like a normal adjective before a noun. You say 'ein Glas Trinkwasser' (a glass of drinking water), not 'ein trinkwasseres Glas'.
Bitte gib mir ein Glas Trinkwasser.
Please give me a glass of drinking water.
mineral water
'Trinkwasser' and 'Mineralwasser' can both be water that you can drink. However, 'Trinkwasser' generally means water that is clean and suitable for drinking, for example from the tap or in a water system. 'Mineralwasser' is a specific type of water from a protected spring that is bottled and contains minerals. The words can be confused because mineral water is also drinkable. More precisely, though: mineral water is a product, while drinking water mainly describes whether the water is suitable to drink.
Nach dem Sturm wird das Trinkwasser im Dorf geprüft.
After the storm, the village's drinking water is tested.
Für die Reise kauft er zwei Flaschen Mineralwasser.
For the trip, he buys two bottles of mineral water.