Zahncreme

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

PluralZahncremes

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
nominativedie Zahncremedie Zahncremes
genitiveder Zahncremeder Zahncremes
dativeder Zahncremeden Zahncremes
accusativedie Zahncremedie Zahncremes

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.

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