A2Vocabulary

Dose

In German

Dose

DO-zeh
🇬🇧 English
🇪🇸 Español
🇮🇹 Italiano

Don't Get Confused!

Looks like
Dose
In English means: "A quantity of a medicine or drug taken or prescribed at one time"
Actually means
Dose
Can, tin (container)
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Memory Tip
A German 'Dose' is a 'can' of food, not a 'dose' of medicine. You eat from a 'Dose', you don't take a 'Dose' of pills.

Example Sentences

1

Bitte öffne die Dose mit Suppe.

Please open the can of soup.

2

Ich habe eine Dose Cola gekauft.

I bought a can of Coke.

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