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das Schaufenster

store window, display window

Die Kleider im Schaufenster sind sehr teuer.

The clothes in the store window are very expensive.

Er drückte seine Nase gegen das Schaufenster.

He pressed his nose against the store window.

in dem Schaufenster to be in the store window The clothes are in the store window.

Synonyms: Vitrine (display case), Auslage (display)

Compounded from 'schauen' (to look, show) and 'Fenster' (window). It's literally a 'show-window'.

Imagine you 'show' things in a 'Fenster' (window). The English word 'show' sounds very similar to 'Schau'.

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