The idea
Die Charge (from French, with a soft “sh” sound) is a batch or lot made under the same conditions; on packaging it may appear as Ch.-B., Charge or LOT. Die Artikelnummer is the same for every unit of a product. “Welche Nummer meinen Sie?” uses welch- to ask for a choice among known options. Anhand plus genitive means “on the basis of”: anhand dieser Angabe. When spelling codes aloud, many people use a spelling alphabet, such as “A wie Anton”.
Other ways to say it
“Brauchen Sie die Artikelnummer oder die Chargennummer?” – Neutral and explicit; names both numbers in full.
“Meinen Sie die Losnummer?” – Los and LOT are common synonyms for batch, especially on imported goods.
“Ich buchstabiere die Charge: M wie Martha, vier, sieben.” – Shows how to read a code aloud character by character on the phone.
Examples
- Welche Nummer meinen Sie: Artikel oder Charge?Which number do you mean: item or batch?
- Für diese Rückfrage brauchen wir die Chargennummer.For this enquiry we need the batch number.
- Sie steht hier unter dem Herstellungsdatum.It is here below the manufacturing date.
- Bitte lesen Sie auch die Buchstaben mit vor.Please also read out the letters.
- Ich gebe die Nummer vollständig und unverändert weiter.I will pass on the number completely and unchanged.
- Dann prüfen wir die Zuordnung anhand dieser Angabe.Then we will check the matching using that information.
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Watch out
“Wir prüfen die Zuordnung anhand diese Angabe.” → “Wir prüfen die Zuordnung anhand dieser Angabe.”: Anhand takes the genitive, so the feminine demonstrative must be dieser. “Diese” is the nominative or accusative form and sounds wrong after this preposition.
Try it yourself
Translate into German: Which number do you mean: item or batch?
Show answer or example answer
Welche Nummer meinen Sie: Artikel oder Charge?
“Welche Nummer” asks for a choice; “meinen Sie” is the polite form. After the colon, two bare nouns, Artikel or Charge, give the options without repeating “Nummer”.
Put the words in order: dem / Herstellungsdatum / hier / Sie / steht / unter
Show answer or example answer
Sie steht hier unter dem Herstellungsdatum.
“Sie” refers back to die Chargennummer. “Steht” is used for printed information, and “unter dem Herstellungsdatum” is a dative location: directly below the production date.
Write this sentence in German: Then we will check the matching using that information.
Show answer or example answer
Dann prüfen wir die Zuordnung anhand dieser Angabe.
“Dann” links the check to the number just read out. “Anhand dieser Angabe” is genitive after anhand: the match is checked on the basis of exactly that information.
Practice round
Answer three questions, then rebuild three German sentences. We keep your score.
Translate into German: Which number do you mean: item or batch?
Welche Nummer meinen Sie: Artikel oder Charge?
Put the words in order: dem / Herstellungsdatum / hier / Sie / steht / unter
Sie steht hier unter dem Herstellungsdatum.
Write this sentence in German: Then we will check the matching using that information.
Dann prüfen wir die Zuordnung anhand dieser Angabe.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Quality control calls about a product and asks for “die Nummer”. Ask which number they need, then read a batch number such as “K27B-0412” aloud, character by character.