Fish

Rewe has a very good page about seafood.

Where to buy fish and seafood

If you would like to buy seafood or fish online try the following online shops:

FrischeParadies Shop
Fischkaufhaus
Mein Bauernhof – direct from farmers in your region. Beef, Lamb, Veal, Chicken and Fish. Also milk, eggs and vegetables

Vocabulary

Here is a list of translations and some additional information about fish in Germany.

Product	Substitute & Translation
Pilchards	Sardine “Sardine” and “pilchard” are common names used to refer to various small, oily forage fish in the herring family Clupeidae. – Wikipedia. Herring also belongs to this family
Sardines	Sardellen. Sardellen is smaller than Sardinen (Pilchards). They are not longer than 20 cm. When they are found in salty or sweet-sour lakes they are called Anchovies in Europe
Anchovies	Anchovis or Sardellen that are found in salty or sweet-sour lakes are called Anchovies in Europe
Salmon	Der Lachs
Mackerel	Die Makrele
Dorado	Der Schwertfisch
Sole	Die Seezunge
Hake	Der Seehecht or Der Hechdorsch
Cape horse mackerel	Die Bastard- oder Holzmakrele (Trachurus trachurus), auch Stöcker oder Suri genannt
Cod/Kabeljou	Dorsch – young fish from the Ostsee Kabeljau – older fish around 60cm long and from the Nordsee
Fish Fingers	Die Fishstäbchen
Seafood	Die Meeresfrüchte
Mussels	Die Miesmuschel
Scallops	Die Jakobsmuschel
Clams	Venusmuscheln or Vongole
Crayfish	Die Flusskrebse or Die Langusten
Langoustines	Die Langusten
King prawns	Die Hummerkrabben or Die Riesengarnelen
Prawns	Die Garnalen.
Shrimps	Tiefseegarnalen or Grönlandshrimps or just shrimps or Nordseekrabbe
Lobster	Das Hummer
Calamari/Squid	Der Tintenfish or Die Calamares. Fried Calamari is Frittierter Tintenfish
Oysters	Die Austern
Crab	Die Krabben

Attention all meat lovers! We have a comprehensive page that is dedicated to providing you with all the information you need about the different cuts of meat in Germany.

Meat

German meat cuts are different from those in South Africa. South Africa tends to follow the British way of cutting meat.Below is a explanation of the

Substitutes and Food Info

There are countless South African products that can be conveniently purchased online today. In those rare instances where you can’t find what you’re looking for