noun
toothpaste
B1
Zahncreme means toothpaste. Top sense: dental paste used for brushing teeth. It’s a feminine noun (die Zahncreme) with plural Zahncremes, though often treated as an uncountable mass noun in usage. No special prepositions. Declension follows regular feminine patterns (die Zahncreme, der Zahncreme, die Zahncremes).
Examples
Im Supermarkt fanden die Kunden eine teure Zahncreme, obwohl es ein Sonderangebot gab.
In the supermarket the customers found an expensive toothpaste even though there was a special offer.
Die Zahncreme ist fast leer.
The toothpaste is almost empty.
Ich brauche Zahncreme.
I need toothpaste.
Details
Mnemonics
a squeezed tube with a toothbrush and paste on it to represent toothpaste
Zahn = tooth, Creme = cream — toothpaste is like a cream for teeth
die — imagine a female getting a tube of toothpaste from the bathroom cabinet
Notes
Also commonly called 'Zahnpasta' in German. 'Zahncreme' can be used interchangeably with 'Zahnpasta' in many regions.