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Kombiladen

English translation: convenience store

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German term or phrase:Kombiladen
English translation:convenience store
Entered by: Nicole Schnell

20:24 Feb 2, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Retail / shop
German term or phrase: Kombiladen
nice and short suggestion will be appreciated...
SlawekW
Local time: 14:46
convenience store
Explanation:
If "Kombiladen" is used as a synonym for "Gemischtwarenladen".

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Note added at 30 mins (2007-02-02 20:54:17 GMT)
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Or:
grocery store
Selected response from:

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 05:46
Grading comment
Thanks to all the answerers!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5convenience store
Nicole Schnell
4 -1combi shop
Sabine Odinga
3General Store
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
3combination (food) store
Bernhard Sulzer
3corner shop
Textklick


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
combi shop


Explanation:
why not? This is what it is....

Sabine Odinga
Germany
Local time: 14:46
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Lancashireman: Where?
47 mins
neutral  Textklick: Not in the U.K. to the best of my knowledge.
2 hrs
disagree  Francis Lee (X): a) Where would we find one? b) What does it sell?
14 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
convenience store


Explanation:
If "Kombiladen" is used as a synonym for "Gemischtwarenladen".

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Note added at 30 mins (2007-02-02 20:54:17 GMT)
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Or:
grocery store

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 05:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thanks to all the answerers!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lancashireman: After seeing added context.
32 mins
  -> Thanks, Andrew!
agree  jccantrell: I agree, too. In the USA, this is 7-11 or AM/PM with all that stuff, booze, etc.
35 mins
  -> Exactly. Thanks, JC!
agree  Mihaela Boteva
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Mihaela!
agree  Textklick
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Chris!
agree  DDM
3 hrs
  -> Danke, Daniel!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
General Store


Explanation:
I get thew impression that it might be a somewhat old-fashioned store where yiu can get pickles in a barrel as well as cloth, bakery goods and everything else under the sun>..?

Ingeborg Gowans (X)
Canada
Local time: 09:46
Native speaker of: German
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
combination (food) store


Explanation:

although it sounds rather artificial, I thought I post it (not too many llinks)

In case the emphasis needs to be placed on "combining" two or more stores (such as butcher, baker, green grocer)

http://goliath.ecnext.com/comsite5/bin/pdinventory.pl?pdland...
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/comsite5/bin/pdinventory.pl?p...
opening combination food store

or:
combination facility
see: http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/FSD/licensing.shtml


if it's more than just a combination of food stores/departments:

Combination Food & Drug Store
see:
http://www.smithsfoodanddrug.com/localpressreleases/04082004...



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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-02 22:32:31 GMT)
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too many lls: not too many links.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-02 22:34:13 GMT)
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the following link also calls it
combo store - that sounds better:

http://goliath.ecnext.com/comsite5/bin/pdinventory.pl?pdland...


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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-02 22:35:25 GMT)
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or maybe: combo food store

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-02 22:37:10 GMT)
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but that sound more like a certain food -combo-food?! Never mind.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-02 22:56:18 GMT)
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...sounds more...

Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 08:46
Native speaker of: German
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
corner shop


Explanation:
In the U.K. we have very many of these, which offer a highly eclectic range of goods including groceries and often meat and which often expand into into "mini supermarkets".

New Oxford Dictionary: "corner shop: noun Brit. a small shop selling groceries and general goods in a mainly residential area."




Textklick
Local time: 13:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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