Backen meaning and definition in german
backen meaning and definition in german
Verb
Frequency: 
third-person singular present backt or bäckt, past tense backte or buk, past participle gebacken or gebackt, past subjunctive backte or büke, auxiliary haben
The verb backen has weak forms (present: du backst, er backt; past: backte; past participle: gebackt) alongside strong forms (du bäckst, er bäckt; buk; gebacken). The contemporary usage is as follows:For the past participle, strong gebacken is the normal form.
Otherwise both weak and strong forms are possible, with probably a certain prominence of the former. For the past tense in particular, the choice is left to personal preference, since neither backte nor buk are commonly heard in vernacular German, which almost exclusively uses the perfect tense for this verb (and many others).
Only weak forms are generally used in the – rather unfrequent – sense of “to stick”, except for the past participle, which may be gebacken or gebackt.
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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?” - or, intransitive, colloquial to fry
- or, intransitive, chiefly, pottery to fire Die Tonfigur muss mindestens zwei Stunden im Ofen backen. — “The clay piece must be fired in the oven for at least two hours.”
- to stick together; to cake. Der Schnee backte gestern besser.
- to stick (something to something else).
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