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.
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
'der Einkaufswagen' and 'der Warenkorb' can both be something in which you collect goods before paying. The difference is usually the place. 'der Einkaufswagen' is the real cart with wheels in a supermarket. Today, 'der Warenkorb' very often means the virtual area in an online shop where products are saved before purchase. In a store, 'Warenkorb' can also mean a real basket or cart, but in everyday language people more often say 'Einkaufskorb' (shopping basket) or 'Einkaufswagen' (shopping cart) for that. Learners confuse the words because both have to do with shopping and the checkout. Memory tip: In the supermarket you push the Einkaufswagen; online you fill the Warenkorb.
Bevor du bestellst, solltest du den Warenkorb noch einmal prüfen.
Before you order, you should check the shopping cart once more.
Vor dem Wochenende ist der Einkaufswagen schnell voll mit Getränken und Gemüse.
Before the weekend, the shopping cart quickly fills up with drinks and vegetables.