Badablage

bathroom shelf, bath caddy

noun BAHT-ahp-lah-geh Rare

Usage Note

Badablage is a shelf or tray in the bathroom used for storing toiletries, soaps, and shampoo. It may be fixed to the wall, placed over the bathtub, or inserted in a shower niche. Also called Badregal when it is a full shelving unit.

Examples

"Auf der Badablage stehen Shampoo, Duschgel und Rasierer ordentlich nebeneinander."

Natural Translation

On the bathroom shelf shampoo, shower gel, and razor are neatly lined up side by side.

Literal Translation

On the bath-shelf stand shampoo, shower-gel, and razor neatly side-by-side.

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