Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

SB-Käse

English translation:

pre-packaged cheese

Added to glossary by Brie Vernier
Jan 17, 2006 13:40
18 yrs ago
German term

SB-Käse

German to English Marketing Furniture / Household Appliances
This is in the context of food retailing. The glossary provides the revelation that SB refers to self service, but is that really what´s meant here? Unfortunately I don´t have much specific context, only the passing reference that follows. It´s an example of when a coupon is issued at the checkout counter.

"Kauf eines Artikels einer Warengruppe (z.B. SB-Käse)"

Proposed translations

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17 mins
German term (edited): SB-K�se
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pre-packaged cheese

I'm not sure there's not a better term for it, but I certainly wouldn't say "self-service cheese". "cheese from the dairy case" as opposed to "cheese from the deli counter" would be understandable in the US
Peer comment(s):

agree Ian M-H (X)
13 mins
Thanks, Ian
agree conny : sounds good
51 mins
Thanks, Conny
agree Teresa Reinhardt
2 hrs
Thanks, Teresa
agree Lori Dendy-Molz : what came to my mind as well, but I'd drop the hyphen//Merriam-Webster's says no hyphen, but Oxford's says yes hyphen, so I guess it's a wash ;-)
5 hrs
Hmmm ... Google suggests otherwise, but thanks!//Huh! You're right. I wouldn't have thought they'd had "prepackaged" cheese in Noah's time ; )
agree Nicole Schnell
11 hrs
Thanks, Nicole
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to all! I went with "pre-packaged" (with hyphen, maybe cause of my Brit background)."
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7 mins
German term (edited): SB-K�se

self-service -

as you suggest yourself

maybe "pre-wrapped" would be okay too.

as opposed to Thekenkäse, -ware
Peer comment(s):

agree Sabine Griebler
7 mins
agree Ian M-H (X) : pre-wrapped sounds good (by which I mean suitable rather than necessarily appetising)
24 mins
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1 hr

pre-packed cheese

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