Ed Heinlein: German Consultant
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4. Sitten und Gebräuche (customs and traditions)
   • Wann essen die Deutschen? (When do the Germans eat?)
     1. die Mahlzeit, die Mahlzeiten (meals)
        • das Frühstück (breakfast)
        • zweites Frühstück (second breakfast)
        • das Mittagessen (lunch)
        • der Nachmittagskaffee (afternoon coffee and/or pastry)
        • das Abendessen; das Abendbrot (dinner)
   • Wie essen die Deutschen zu Hause? (eating customs at home)
     1. kochen und backen (cooking and baking)
     2. am Tisch Wortschatz (table setting vocabulary)
     3. Wie ißt man in Deutschland? (style of eating)
     4. Manieren und Etikette (manners and etiquette)
     5. Mahlzeit! (sayings)
   • Wo kann man essen und trinken? (Where can you eat a meal?)
     1. Places to eat and drink
     2. Speisekarten (menus)
   • Wo kann man Speisen kaufen? (Where can you buy food?)
     1. Places to buy food:
        • der Spätkauf, die Spätkaufe; die Spätis (late shop)
     2. kaufen (buying food in German stores)
        • Schilder (store signs)
        • „Laden" vs „Geschäft" vs „Kaufhaus"
        • nouns of quantity
        • use of the metric system
     3. einkaufen (shopping customs)
        • Öffnungszeit und Sperrstunde (opening and closing times)
        • reading German figures and prices
        • shopping differences
        • das Euro (money)