No. 879 in German

kauf

"Purchase" or "buy."

In a sentence

Ich mache einen Kauf im Laden.
I am making a purchase in the store.
The noun 'Kauf' is used here to denote a transaction of buying something.
Er kaufte ein neues Auto.
He bought a new car.
The verb 'kaufe' (buy) is conjugated to 'kaufte' in past tense.
Ist das ein guter Kauf?
Is that a good purchase?
The noun 'Kauf' is used to evaluate the quality of the purchase made.

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