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The enclosed part of a stove in which high temperatures are produced in order to bake, roast, or grill food.
Schieb die Pizza bitte für zehn Minuten in den vorgeheizten Backofen.
Please put the pizza in the preheated oven for ten minutes.
The word is made up of the verb 'backen' (to bake) and the noun 'der Ofen' (oven). So it literally describes an oven in which you bake.
Der Kuchen muss bei 180 Grad in den Backofen.
The cake has to go into the oven at 180 degrees.
Pay attention to the preposition 'in' and the case. Movement toward the oven is expressed with the accusative ('in den Backofen' = into the oven), while a state inside the oven is described with the dative ('im Backofen' = in the oven).
Ich lege das Blech jetzt in den Backofen.
I'm putting the baking tray into the oven now.
Common verbs used with 'Backofen' (oven) are 'den Backofen vorheizen' (to preheat the oven), 'etwas in den Backofen schieben' (to slide/put something into the oven), and 'etwas aus dem Backofen holen' or 'nehmen' (to take something out of the oven).
Du musst den Backofen auf 200 Grad vorheizen.
You have to preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
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When baking or roasting, both words can refer to the enclosed cooking chamber in the kitchen. „Der Backofen“ is the precise term for this, while „der Ofen“ is more general and, depending on the context, can also mean a heating appliance. When the function is clearly baking, „Backofen“ makes the meaning clearer.
Der Kuchen backt seit zwanzig Minuten im Backofen.
The cake has been baking in the oven for twenty minutes.
Der Kuchen backt seit zwanzig Minuten im Ofen.
The cake has been baking in the oven for twenty minutes.
