Claus Sprick Jan 23, 2012:

@David: *gross* misunderstanding for my part; 144 apologies!

David Moore (X) Jan 23, 2012:

The English gross I'm so sorry Claus, I obviously didn't make myself too clear.

In German, a "Großpackung" is a large(r) size than a small or medium-sized package, no matter how much/many it contains.

In England, a gross is a quantity of 144, just like a "dozen" or the German "Dutzend" is 12. So half-a-gross (as here) is 72.

Hope this clarifies!

Claus Sprick Jan 23, 2012:

@David: quite so, but in this case, it also depends on quantity (of pills or whatsoever) whether a box qualifies as a Großpackung or not. There may be relatively small Großpackungen, and even N1 may come in a voluminous box.

72-er Packung seems to be a fair solution.

David Moore (X) Jan 23, 2012:

Gross - in English is a quantity, not a size, as the "Grosspackung" is in German. (It also means fat, bloated, but that's not what it means here!!)

Claus Sprick Jan 23, 2012:

meine Frau (Apothekerin) sagt, man spreche von Großpackungen und neudeutsch auch Jumbopackungen; das wäre im Fachjargon N3 - N1 ist die kleine Packung, N2 die mittlere.