kochen
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Etymology
From Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn (“to cook”).
Pronunciation
Verb
kochen (weak, third-person singular present kocht, past tense kochte, past participle gekocht, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, of a person) to cook, to prepare food (chiefly hot food for lunch or supper)
- (transitive, of a person) to cook something (in a) liquid (e.g. soup, chili, spaghetti)
- to boil
- (intransitive, of a liquid) (to reach the boiling point)
- (transitive) (to heat a liquid until it boils)
- (intransitive, figuratively) to be stirred up or agitated, especially with anger
Usage notes
- Intransitive kochen can be used for all sorts of food preparation that require at least some amount of work and effort. However, there is a strong tendency to use the verb only for the preparation of a proper dinner, be it lunch or supper. Hence, the preparation of, say, an onion tart for dinner is kochen, even though the food is baked. Contrarily, the preparation of breakfast is only rarely called kochen even if eggs are boiled in the process.
- Transitive kochen can generally be used only for actual boiling. Hence, ein Steak kochen (“to cook a steak”) would be understood solely as dropping a steak into a pot of boiling water.
Conjugation
| infinitive | kochen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | kochend | ||||
| past participle | gekocht | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich koche | wir kochen | i | ich koche | wir kochen |
| du kochst | ihr kocht | du kochest | ihr kochet | ||
| er kocht | sie kochen | er koche | sie kochen | ||
| preterite | ich kochte | wir kochten | ii | ich kochte1 | wir kochten1 |
| du kochtest | ihr kochtet | du kochtest1 | ihr kochtet1 | ||
| er kochte | sie kochten | er kochte1 | sie kochten1 | ||
| imperative | koch (du) koche (du) |
kocht (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- abkochen
- auch nur mit Wasser kochen
- aufkochen
- einkochen
- hart kochen
- Kochfeld
- nachkochen
- überkochen
- verkochen
- vorkochen
- weich kochen
See also
Further reading
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