bakehouse
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bakehouse
A small, often communally used building with a large oven, used specifically for baking bread and other baked goods.
Früher traf sich das ganze Dorf einmal pro Woche am Backhaus.
In the past, the whole village would meet once a week at the bakehouse.
The word is very simply structured: It consists of the stem of the verb 'backen' (to bake) and the noun 'Haus' (house). So it is literally a house where baking is done.
Das Brot aus dem Backhaus schmeckt besonders gut.
The bread from the bakehouse tastes especially good.
A 'Backhaus' (bakehouse) was traditionally a communal facility in a village. Since not everyone had their own large oven, the residents shared a central building for baking bread.
In unserem Dorf wird das alte Backhaus einmal im Jahr für ein Fest genutzt.
In our village, the old bakehouse is used once a year for a festival.
Since this is a place, the prepositions 'in' and 'zu' are important. You bake 'im Backhaus' (in the bakehouse; dative, location), and you go 'zum Backhaus' (to the bakehouse; dative, direction).
Die Frauen trafen sich früher regelmäßig im Backhaus.
The women used to meet regularly in the bakehouse.
bakery
A Bäckerei is the business where baked goods are made, and it can also be a shop. A Backhaus, by contrast, is a specific building with a large oven, often used for communal baking. When you mean the business, Bäckerei is the right word; when you mean the building, use Backhaus.
Im alten Backhaus des Dorfes wird am Samstag gemeinsam Brot gebacken.
On Saturdays, people bake bread together in the village's old bakehouse.
Die Bäckerei stellt jeden Morgen frisches Brot und Brötchen her.
The bakery makes fresh bread and rolls every morning.
