German Phrase
Dein Rezept wurde an deine Apotheke geschickt.
Meaning
The sentence means ‘Your prescription was sent to your pharmacy.’ It uses the passive voice to focus on the prescription rather than who sent it, which is typical in formal medical communication.
When to use
Use this phrase when informing a patient that their doctor or clinic has already forwarded the prescription to the pharmacy they chose, especially in written notifications or phone calls from medical staff.
✦Grammar Breakdown
DeinRezeptwurdeandeineApothekegeschickt
Possessive Pronouns
‘Dein’ and ‘deine’ must agree with the gender, number, and case of the noun they modify (nominative neuter ‘Rezept’ uses ‘Dein’, dative feminine ‘Apotheke’ uses ‘deine’).
Passive Voice (Präteritum)
‘wurde … geschickt’ forms the simple past passive; the action is performed by an unnamed agent.
Preposition ‘an’ + Dative
‘an’ with a destination takes the dative case here, so ‘deine Apotheke’ is in dative singular.
Verb ‘schicken’ (to send)
In the passive, the past participle ‘geschickt’ follows the auxiliary ‘werden’ (wurde).
🗨In Conversation
Dein Rezept wurde an deine Apotheke geschickt.
Your prescription was sent to your pharmacy.
Super, danke! Dann hole ich es gleich ab.
Great, thanks! I’ll pick it up right away.
✕Common Mistakes
Deine Rezept wurde an deine Apotheke geschickt.
‘Rezept’ is neuter, so the correct possessive is ‘Dein’ (nominative neuter).
Dein Rezept wurde an dein Apotheke geschickt.
‘Apotheke’ is feminine; the dative form needs ‘deine’ (not ‘dein’).
Dein Rezept wird an deine Apotheke geschickt.
The sentence refers to a completed action, so the past passive ‘wurde … geschickt’ is required, not the present ‘wird … geschickt’.
↔Alternatives
Dein Rezept ist an deine Apotheke gesendet worden.
Your prescription has been sent to your pharmacy.
Wir haben dein Rezept an deine Apotheke geschickt.
We have sent your prescription to your pharmacy.
Das Rezept wurde an die Apotheke weitergeleitet.
The prescription was forwarded to the pharmacy.
Cultural Tip
In Germany most doctors transmit prescriptions electronically (e‑Rezept) directly to the pharmacy of the patient’s choice. The passive construction is common in official messages because the focus is on the action (the prescription being sent) rather than the sender. Remember that ‘Apotheke’ is always feminine, so the dative form is ‘der Apotheke’ or ‘deine Apotheke’ in informal speech.