Kolonialwarenladen

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German

Kolonialwarenladen in Hamburg, ca. 1830

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Etymology

Kolonialware (colonial good) +‎ -n- +‎ Laden (shop).

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  • Hyphenation: Ko‧lo‧ni‧al‧wa‧ren‧la‧den

Noun

Kolonialwarenladen m (strong, genitive Kolonialwarenladens, plural Kolonialwarenläden)

  1. (historical) colonial goods shop (shop with goods imported from German or other European colonies)
    Synonym: Kolonialwarengeschäft
    • 1920 November 9, Ignaz Wrobel [pseudonym: Kurt Tucholsky], “Zum 9. November”, in Berliner Volks-Zeitung, number 514, page 2, (morning edition: surface-link):
      Räumt in den Familien auf, in den kleinen Konferenzzimmern der Schulen, unter der Kundſchaft der Kolonialwarenläden, in den Portierslogen – da iſt Arbeit –!
      Change needs to come from within families, from within the small conference rooms in schools, from among the customers of the colonial goods shops, from within the porter’s lodges – that’s where you have to work on change –!
    • 2001, Mirjam Pressler, Malka Mai, Weinheim/Basel: Beltz & Gelberg, →ISBN, page 175:
      Ciotka deutete auf einen Kolonialwarenladen ein paar Häuser weiter, auf der anderen Straßenseite.
      Ciotka pointed to a colonial goods shop a few doors down, on the other side of the street.
  2. (by extension, dated) grocery (regardless of the products' origin)

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