"Meine Medikamente"

Translation: My medicine

[Lisa80]

What is the difference between Medikamente and Medizin? How would they be used differently in conversation?

[AndreasWitnstein]

1. ‘Medizin’ can mean either “medicinal drug” or “the science of medicine”, while ‘Medikament’ only means “medicinal drug”.

2. ‘Medizin’=“medicine”, in the sense of a “medicinal drug”, is usually used as a mass noun in both German and English, while the German ‘Medikament’ is always used as a count noun.

[DeeRamm]

I don't see why "Medicamente" the plural of "Medicament" must be translated to "medicine" but not "medicines".

[AndreasWitnstein]

It doesn't have to be. The English word “medicine” can be either a mass noun or a count noun. If both aren't accepted, please report it.

[JAGascon]

Is there any reason why "my medicaments" is not accepted?

[Barrbelle]

In English one would say "My medicine(s)" or " My medication(s) ". Medicaments is not a typically used word at all (in the U.S., anyway) - more archaic or specialized. You will find it in a dictionary but not used in speech or even most writing (unless someone was using a thesaurus! ) :-)

[immashootyouu]

can this refer to your prescription drugs? is it a general term for medicine, including holistic?

[AndreasWitnstein]

Yes. No, just medications; see the reply to Lisa80.

[Brian760310]

I just wrote "my meds" and it was accepted