kochen

See also: Kochen and Köchen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German, from Old High German kochōn, kohhōn (“to cook”), from late Proto-Germanic *kukōną (“to cook”), either from *kukaz (“cook”) from Latin coquus, or borrowed from Vulgar Latin *coco, cocere, from Latin coquō, coquere. Compare Dutch koken. More at cook.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔx(ə)n/, /kɔxŋ̩/
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Verb

kochen (third-person singular simple present kocht, past tense kochte, past participle gekocht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to boil
  2. (transitive) to boil (to heat a liquid)
  3. (transitive) to boil (cook in boiling water)
  4. to cook, to prepare food

Usage notes

While kochen is the normal word used to refer to an undefined process of making food, its primary meaning is 'to heat a liquid'. The word hence cannot be used for processes of preparation which are known to not include boiling, such as frying, grilling and baking. Ein Steak kochen ('cooking a steak') would be understood solely as dropping a steak into a pot of boiling water.

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