backen

Meaning

1. (class-6, intransitive, strong, transitive, weak) to bake; to roast
2. (class-6, colloquial, intransitive, regional, strong, transitive, weak) to fry
3. (class-6, intransitive, strong, transitive, weak) to fire
4. (class-6, intransitive, strong, weak) to stick together; to cake.
5. (class-6, strong, transitive, weak) to stick (something to something else).

Concepts

bake

fry

roast

cook

🧑‍🍳

broil

baking

stick

stir-fry

toast

braai

deep-fry

炙る

Synonyms

braten

kochen

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rösten

brennen

fertig gebacken sein

toasten

kuchen

ausbacken

fritieren

gebacken

grillen

packen

Translations

bakken

hornear

assar

cocer

cuocere

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fruiten

cuire au four

cuire

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frire

coquere

ψήνω

fregir

fornejar

cuocere al forno

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

bache

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbakən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: backen

Inherited from Old High German: backan

Inherited from Middle High German: bachen

Inherited from Old High German: bahhan

Cognate with Middle Low German: backen

Cognate with Dutch: bakken

Cognate with English: bake

Cognate with Danish: bage

Cognate with Swedish: baka

Cognate with Ancient Greek: φώγω

In summary

From Middle High German backen, from Old High German backan, an originally weak verb and geminated variant of an older strong verb: Middle High German bachen, from Old High German bahhan, from Proto-West Germanic *bakan.
The two verbs early on were blended to some degree, each developing both weak and strong forms. Bachen was originally the predominant form in Upper German. Backen prevailed in the modern standard language because it was common in Central German and also in line with Middle Low German backen (where *baken is not attested). Cognate with German Low German backen, Dutch bakken, English bake, Danish bage, Swedish baka, and also Ancient Greek φώγω (phṓgō).