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[edit] German
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old High German bachan, from Proto-Germanic *bakanan. Cognate with English bake, Dutch bakken, Swedish baka, Greek φώγειν (phṓgein). Belongs to the word family of bähen.
[edit] Verb
backen (class 6 strong, third-person singular simple present backt or bäckt, past tense backte or archaic buk, auxiliary haben, past participle gebacken or gebackt)
- (transitive or intransitive) to bake; to roast
- Der Bäcker backt jeden Morgen 30 Laib Brot. — “The baker bakes 30 loaves of bread every morning.”
- Ist der Kuchen schon gebacken? — “Is the cake baked yet?”
- (transitive or intransitive, colloquial) to fry
- (transitive or intransitive) to fire (pottery)
- Die Tonfigur muss mindestens zwei Stunden im Ofen backen. — “The clay piece must be fired in the oven for at least two hours.”
[edit] Conjugation
The strong verb backen has recently weakened, such that the historical past form buk has been replaced by backte in most dialects. In some dialects, the present tense forms have dropped the umlaut. In dialects that have adopted the weak past participle gebackt, the former past participle gebacken is retained as an adjective, e.g.: gebackener Käse (“baked cheese”). See Etymology 2 (below), for senses that are weak in all dialects.
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Etymology 2
From strong verb backen (“to bake”). See Etymology 1 (above).
[edit] Verb
backen (third-person singular simple present backt, past tense backte, auxiliary haben, past participle gebacken or gebackt)
- (intransitive) To stick together; to cake.
- Der Schnee backte gestern besser.
- (transitive) To stick (something to something else).
[edit] Conjugation
In the sense “to stick”, backen is a weak verb. In other senses, it retains varying degrees of strength depending on dialect. See Etymology 1 (above).
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[edit] Noun
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