Vocabulary
der
Kühlraum
/ˈkyːlˌʁaʊ̯m/· noun· Pl. die Kühlräume
cold room, walk-in fridge
Der Kühlraum is the walk-in fridge of a professional kitchen. The rule for its shelves: ready food on top, raw meat and fish at the very bottom, so nothing drips onto food that won't be cooked again. Its temperature is checked and written down every day.
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- Singular
- der Kühlraum
- Plural
- die Kühlräume
- Genitiv
- des Kühlraums
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Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
Kühlraum
cold room (walk-in fridge)
Die fertigen Boxen stellst du in den Kühlraum.
You put the finished boxes in the cold room.
Word family
Kühlraumkühl / kühlencool / to coolder Kühlschrankfridgedie Kühlungcooling; refrigerationder Tiefkühlraumwalk-in freezer
Common combinations
- im Kühlraum lagernto store in the cold room
- die Temperatur im Kühlraum kontrollierento check the temperature in the cold room
- Der Kühlraum ist zu warm.The cold room is too warm.
Common learner mistakes
- Ich stelle die Box im Kühlraum.Ich stelle die Box in den Kühlraum.With stellen (movement to a place) it's in + accusative: in den Kühlraum. Once it's there: Die Box steht im Kühlraum.
Real examples
- Im Kühlraum dürfen es höchstens sieben Grad sein.In the cold room it may be seven degrees at most.
- Rohes Fleisch kommt im Kühlraum immer ganz nach unten.Raw meat always goes right at the bottom of the cold room.
- Wir haben zwei Kühlräume, einen für Fleisch und Fisch, einen für alles andere.We have two cold rooms, one for meat and fish, one for everything else.
