ext_120739 ([identity profile] areia.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] muckefuck 2010-07-26 06:38 pm (UTC)

I couldn't think what the correct usage was in Dutch, but reading your comment I think it's very close to the German. There's de ijzerwarenwinkel, where you're more likely to find tools, doorhandles, letterboxes; and then there's the de bouwmarkt, which is closer to an American Lowe's or Home Depot, in that it also sells everything from chemicals to entire kitchens.

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