\documentclass{article} \usepackage{german} \newcounter{num} \newenvironment{varlist}[2] {\begin{list}{\textrm{#1 #2{num}:}}{\usecounter{num}% \setlength{\labelsep}{5mm} \settowidth{\leftmargin}{\textrm{#1 #2{num}:}} \addtolength{\leftmargin}{1cm}}} {\end{list}} \begin{document} \noindent Vorangehender "au"serer Text \begin{varlist}{Muster}{\Alph} \item ohne Wert \item mit beigef"ugtem Gutschein \end{varlist} \end{document}