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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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'Ofen' and 'Backofen' can mean almost the same thing in the kitchen: the enclosed space where you bake, roast, or cook food. 'Backofen' is more specific because it refers only to the kitchen appliance. 'Ofen' is more general and can also be a heating device for a room. That is why 'Ofen' can be ambiguous depending on the context. If you want to talk clearly about cake, bread, or pizza, 'Backofen' is very clear; 'Ofen' also sounds natural in everyday speech when the kitchen context is clear.
Der Backofen ist heute den ganzen Vormittag für das Brot reserviert.
The oven is reserved for the bread all morning today.
In der Küche schalte ich den Ofen aus, sobald der Auflauf fertig ist.
In the kitchen, I turn off the oven as soon as the casserole is done.