das Wasser mit Sprudel
sparkling water - south: Sprudel, Hesse: Selters, north: Mineralwasser/Sprudelwasser
Origin
„Selters“ goes back to the town of Selters an der Lahn and became a regional generic name - like „Tempo“ for tissues.
Building blocks
Words in this expression
Grammar that uses this word
- Regular comparative (-er + als 'than')Komparativ regelmäßig (-er + als)
- Superlative (am …-sten)Superlativ (am …-sten)
- Comparison of equality with 'so … wie' (as … as)Vergleich mit so … wie
- Verb 'schmecken' (to taste good, + dative)Verb 'schmecken' (+ Dativ)
Examples
Eine Sprudel, .
A bottle of sparkling water, please.