backen
A2to bake
- English meaning
- to bake
- CEFR level
- A2 — Elementary
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- Cooking & Preparing Food
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backen in a sentence
Wenn du kommst, backe ich einen Kuchen.
When you come, I'll bake a cake.
Conjugation of backen
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- backte
- Perfect
- hat gebacken
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Where backen comes from
Backen dürfte über bahhan (9. Jh.) mit ae. bacan und mnl. baken auf ein starkes germanisches Verb *bak- bzw. ahd. backan mit asächs. bakkan, mnl. backen auf ein schwaches Intensivum *bakk- zurückgehen, die schon früh durcheinandergerieten
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Questions about backen
How do you conjugate backen?
Present tense: backe, bäckst, bäckt, backen, backt, backen. Simple past: backte. Perfect: hat gebacken.
What does backen mean in English?
backen means "to bake". For example: "Wenn du kommst, backe ich einen Kuchen." — "When you come, I'll bake a cake."
What level is backen in German?
backen is a A2 word — a2 — elementary. It belongs to the cooking & preparing food vocabulary.
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