What are the equivalent terms in German for the following English
words?  (1) notecards; (2) beach towel; (3) tea bags; (4) spa eye
pads; (5) cosmetic bag; (6) body lotion; (7) socks; (8) foot cream;
(9) candle; (10) necklace; (11) aromatherapy spray; and (12) breast
cancer.

Hello there,

Here are the German translations for the phrases you are seeking -
please note that some phrases do not have exact counterparts in
German, so closely matching phrases or words of that phrase have been
provided:

(1) notecards --> die Karteikarte
(2) beach towel --> das Strandtuch
(3) tea bags --> die Teebeutel
(4) spa eye pads --> no translation
(5) cosmetic bag --> no translation
(6) body lotion --> die Galmeilotion (calamine lotion)
		--> die Sonnenkreme (sun lotion)
		--> das Sonnenöl (suntan lotion)
		--> die Lösung (lotion)
(7) socks --> die Socken
(8) foot cream --> die Krem (cream)
		--> die Basis (foot)
(9) candle --> die Kerze
(10) necklace --> das Halsband
(11) aromatherapy spray --> die Aromatherapie (aromatherapy)
			--> das Spray (spray)
(12) breast cancer --> der Brustkrebs

http://dict.leo.org/

Hope that helps..Guten Tag! <Good Day!>

answerguru-ga

Dear smwwggl246,

As a native speaker of German, I would like to add some comments.

1. Since "notecards" is plural, the translation would not be "die
Karteikarte", which is singular, but "die Karteikarten", in plural.
Please note that this translation is only the equivalent for notecards
as "index cards", not photo cards, greeting cards, congratulation
cards, etc. All those have special German names.

2. The term "eye pads" is, untranslated, in use in Germany, but
without the "spa" in front. Sometimes, they are referred to as "die
Augenpads".

3. The "cosmetic bag" would be "das Schminktäschchen".

4. "Body lotion" is usually also used in German: "die Bodylotion". And
instead of the rather clumsy-looking "Sonnenkreme", "Sonnencreme" is
the better choice.

5. "Foot cream" has nothing to do with the German word "Basis", which
means "foot" in the sense of "basis". Rather, the body part "foot" is
"der Fuß". So the correct translation of "foot cream" is "die
Fußcreme".

6. "Aromatherapy spray", as one term, would be "das
Aromatherapie-Spray".

Best regards,
Scriptor

The problems with the answer (noted by scriptor) should be a lesson to
anyone who intends to rely solely on online translations -- whether
from dictionaries or translation engines like Babelfish.

I do not know how much familiarity answerguru has with German.  But
even someone with intermediate knowledge of German would be wise to
consult at least two online dictionaries -- probably LEO and
http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/ -- plus an unabridged hardcopy dictionary.
 Only an expert in both languages, like scriptor, could get away with
less in order to make an authoritative translation.  Even then, an
unabridged dictionary would be preferable to an online dictionary.

An online dictionary is helpful, but not sufficient.

For number 10, "Halsband" refers to a choker or collar style piece of
jewelry.  The more traditional necklace (a chain with or without a
pendant) is more correctly called "die Halskette".

--Missy