garen

See also: Gáren and gären

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣaːrə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːrən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch garen, from Old Dutch *garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“intestine”).

Noun

garen n (plural garens, diminutive garentje n)

1. yarn, thread

Etymology 2

From gaar +‎ -en.

Verb

garen

1. (ergative) to make/become ready (cooked)

Inflection

Conjugation of garen (weak)
infinitive	garen
past singular	gaarde
past participle	gegaard
infinitive	garen
gerund	garen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	gaar	gaarde
2nd person sing. (jij)	gaart	gaarde
2nd person sing. (u)	gaart	gaarde
2nd person sing. (gij)	gaart	gaarde
3rd person singular	gaart	gaarde
plural	garen	gaarden
subjunctive sing.1	gare	gaarde
subjunctive plur.1	garen	gaarden
imperative sing.	gaar
imperative plur.1	gaart
participles	garend	gegaard
1) Archaic.

Etymology 3

Syncopic form of earlier gaderen, from Middle Dutch gāderen, from Old Dutch *gadaron, from Proto-Germanic *gadurōną.

Verb

garen

1. (transitive, archaic) to collect, to gather

Inflection

Conjugation of garen (weak)
infinitive	garen
past singular	gaarde
past participle	gegaard
infinitive	garen
gerund	garen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	gaar	gaarde
2nd person sing. (jij)	gaart	gaarde
2nd person sing. (u)	gaart	gaarde
2nd person sing. (gij)	gaart	gaarde
3rd person singular	gaart	gaarde
plural	garen	gaarden
subjunctive sing.1	gare	gaarde
subjunctive plur.1	garen	gaarden
imperative sing.	gaar
imperative plur.1	gaart
participles	garend	gegaard
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• garing
• vergaren

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German

Etymology

From gar (“cooked”), from Old High German garo (“prepared”). Not related to gären.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

1. (transitive) cook (prepare (food) for eating)

   Wir haben die Kartoffeln im Backofen gegart.

   We cooked the potatoes in the oven.

2. (intransitive) cook (become ready for eating)

Usage notes

Garen and kochen both mean "to cook (food)", but the emphasis is different. Kochen is very general, covering all aspects of cooking and focusing on the entire process of preparing food to be eaten. Garen emphasizes the thorough heating of food; food that is gegart is "done" in the sense of completely cooked. Because kochen can also mean "boil", garen must be used when referring to a heating process other than boiling. Wir haben die Kartoffeln im Backofen gekocht would not make sense, since one boils potatoes on the stove top and not in the oven.

Synonyms

• (transitive): kochen

Further reading

• “garen” in Duden online

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡarɛn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːrɛn/, /ˈɡarɛn/

Verb

garen

1. Soft mutation of caren.