noun
department store
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'Kaufhaus' means 'department store'—a large retail building with separate departments. Neuter noun: das Kaufhaus. Plural Kaufhäuser (Umlaut + -er). Genitive singular des Kaufhauses. Regular declension otherwise. Common in shopping contexts; note Spanish equivalents: tienda por departamentos or gran almacén. usage.
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Wir gehen ins Kaufhaus, um Kleidung zu kaufen.
We're going to the department store to buy clothes.
Ich gehe ins Kaufhaus.
I'm going to the department store.
Die Familie ging ins Kaufhaus, weil dort die Winterkleidung reduziert war.
The family went to the department store because the winter clothes were on sale there.
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Think 'kauf' (buy) + 'haus' (house) — a house where you buy things: department store.
das — imagine a large building with a sign 'das Kaufhaus'.