Drogerie
Drogerie is a German or Czech language term for a type of shop that used to be equivalent to full-service drugstores but the meaning of the word drogerie was gradually shifted. Drogerie now translates to chemist's shop in British English or drugstore in American English.[1] Many European languages, including Spanish, French, Slovak, and Polish, have cognates, such as droguería,[2] droguerie, drogéria, and drogeria, respectively.[3]
In the past, a drogerie sold chemical compounds including drugs, i.e. medicine (and the manager of the shop was known as a drogist) but a word equivalent to apothecary or pharmacy was adopted for those (while a medical license became mandatory for the managers of these pharmacies) and a drogerie began to sell common household items such as washing powders, cleaning agents, toothpastes, skin lotions, perfumes, cosmetics, stationery, photo-printing services, baby food, and general healthcare products.[4]
References
- ↑ Pocket Oxford German dictionary : German-English. M. Clark, O. Thyen (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-173952-1. OCLC 875892542 – via Oxford Reference Online. Search this book on
- ↑ "Translation of droguería – Spanish-English Cambridge Dictionary". cambridge.org. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ "Translation "Drogerie" (druggist's shop, drugstore) - dictionary, languages, meanings". www.woerter.net. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ↑ Hall, Christine (2001). Living & Working in Germany: Settle in Quickly and Get the Most Out of Your Stay. How To Books Ltd. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-85703-615-2 – via Google Books. Search this book on
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