shopping cart / basket of goods
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shopping cart
A virtual storage area in an online shop where customers collect the products they want to buy before they go to checkout.
Ich habe die Bücher in meinen Warenkorb gelegt, um sie später zu bestellen.
I put the books in my shopping cart to order them later.
basket of goods
In economics, a representative selection of goods and services consumed by private households. It is used to determine the inflation rate and to monitor price trends.
Das Statistische Bundesamt passt den Warenkorb für die Inflationsberechnung regelmäßig an.
The Federal Statistical Office regularly adjusts the basket of goods for calculating inflation.
shopping basket
A physical basket or cart used in a store to carry selected goods to the checkout. Today, the words 'Einkaufskorb' (shopping basket) or 'Einkaufswagen' (shopping cart) are used more often for this.
Die ältere Dame füllte ihren kleinen Warenkorb auf dem Wochenmarkt mit frischem Gemüse.
The elderly lady filled her small shopping basket with fresh vegetables at the weekly market.
The word is made up of 'die Waren' (goods; plural of 'Ware', meaning goods or products) and 'der Korb' (basket). So it is literally a basket for goods.
Mein Warenkorb ist schon wieder viel zu voll.
My shopping cart is already far too full again.
You can recognize the meaning from the context: In connection with online shops and ordering, it means the virtual cart. If it is about inflation and statistics, it means the economic basket of goods.
Klicken Sie hier, um Ihren Warenkorb zu bearbeiten und die Bestellung abzuschließen.
Click here to edit your shopping cart and complete the order.
In the context of online shopping, 'Warenkorb' (shopping cart) is often combined with certain verbs: You 'legt' etwas in den Warenkorb (put something in the shopping cart), 'fügt' etwas hinzu (add something), or go 'zur Kasse' (to checkout) to pay for the contents of the cart.
Ich habe das Buch direkt in den Warenkorb gelegt.
I put the book directly in the shopping cart.
In the meaning as a statistical measure, 'der Warenkorb' (basket of goods) is a technical term from economics. It is used in texts about inflation, prices, and economic activity.
Das Statistische Bundesamt hat die Zusammensetzung des Warenkorbs aktualisiert.
The Federal Statistical Office has updated the composition of the basket of goods.
The use for a real basket in a supermarket has become less common today. In this context, you usually hear 'Einkaufskorb' (shopping basket) or 'Einkaufswagen' (shopping cart).
Auf dem Wochenmarkt benutzte sie noch einen traditionellen Warenkorb aus Weide.
At the weekly market, she still used a traditional wicker shopping basket.
shopping cart
Both words can refer to a place for selected goods. An Einkaufswagen is the cart used in a supermarket, whereas in modern standard usage, a Warenkorb mainly means the virtual collection in an online shop; for a physical cart, Einkaufswagen is the clear choice.
Im Onlineshop legt Mia die ausgewählten Waren in den Warenkorb.
In the online shop, Mia puts the selected items in the shopping cart.
Im Supermarkt legt Mia die ausgewählten Waren in den Einkaufswagen.
In the supermarket, Mia puts the selected items in the shopping cart.
