backen (1) — EN↔DE

intransitive verb

irregular

1 bake; do the baking;

ich backe immer selbst I do all my own baking

2 (garen) ‹cake etc.› bake;

der Kuchen muss noch 10 Minuten backen the cake has to stay in the oven for another 10 minutes

3 ‹oven› bake

transitive verb

irregular

1 bake ‹cakes, bread, etc.›;

ich backe vieles selbst I do a lot of my own baking;

(figurative) das frisch gebackene Ehepaar (informal) the newly-weds pl. (informal);

eine frisch gebackene Ärztin (informal) a newly-fledged doctor

2 (mainly South German) (braten) roast; (in der Bratpfanne) fry

3 (trocknen) dry ‹fruit, mushrooms, etc.›; bake ‹brick›