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"Lebensmittel" und "Nahrungsmittel".
Both of them mean "Food", how to distinguish?
Jun 14, 2015 4:01 AM
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Also ich denke diese Wörter bedeuten dasgleiche.
Lebensmittel = means for life = food
Nahrungsmittel - nutritional things - food
Beispiel: Wir kaufen heute Lebensmittel ein. Supermärkte heißen auch Lebensmittelgeschäfte.
Obst und Gemüse: Diese Nahrungsmittel sind sehr gut für die Gesundheit.
aber:
Das Essen heute hat sehr gut geschmeckt.
June 14, 2015
In my opinion, you often don't make a difference and you can use what you want especially in the collocial language.
Though, if you want to be correct, here is an example which I consider as very memorable:
Lebensmittel: Apfel (apple -> food in his natural, untreated form)
Nahrungsmittel: Apfelmus (apple sauce -> treated food)
For more informations, just have a look:
https://de.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070105092323AAnHGdK
June 14, 2015
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