]]>

British Broadcasting CorporationHome 5u2a19

Accessibility links

This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving.

Your say - Lost for words 3l126w

International chain of shops 4x3r5

My husband is currently learning German as we want to bring up our son bilingually (I'm German). He recently took a course in Bamberg in the South of . After his lessons, we went for walks through the town and he was very excited to find a shop he had seen before in Mönchengladbach: Schau mal, Apotheke, das muss eine Kette sein! Look, Apotheke, this must be a chain of shops! In fact, Apotheke is the Geman word for 'chemist's' and there certainly are several shops of this 'chain' in every town of .

Sent by: Jennifer

Comments 682840

Anna 2008-10-19

Actually, all German Apotheken are cooperating and have the same sign (a capital A). That would have tributed to your husband's opinion!

Flag this comment

BBC navigation 1p2s5i

BBC © 2014 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.