01
gekocht
cooked
Made ready to eat by heating in boiling water or another liquid.
example
Zum Abendessen gibt es gekochte Eier und Spinat.
For dinner there are cooked eggs and spinach.
gekocht
cooked
Checking...
Loading your saved state.
Meanings
01 / 02
Usage tips
Participle as adjective
'Gekocht' (cooked) is the past participle of the verb 'kochen' (to cook/boil). It can stand before a noun like a normal adjective or be used with the verb 'sein' (to be).
EXAMPLE
Ich esse gern gekochtes Gemüse.
I like eating cooked vegetables.
Context clues
You can recognize the meaning from the subject. If 'gekocht' (cooked) refers to food, the literal meaning is intended. If it refers to a person and their emotional state, it means 'very angry.'
EXAMPLE
Der Fisch ist perfekt gekocht.
The fish is perfectly cooked.
Typical collocations
In the literal meaning, 'gekocht' (cooked) is often combined with foods that are typically prepared in water. These include 'gekochte Eier' (boiled eggs), 'gekochte Kartoffeln' (boiled potatoes), or 'gekochter Schinken' (cooked ham).
EXAMPLE
Zum Frühstück esse ich am liebsten ein weich gekochtes Ei.
For breakfast, I like a soft-boiled egg best.
Colloquial expression
The meaning 'angry' is colloquial. It is almost always used in the form 'jemand ist gekocht' (someone is boiling/very angry). The anger is often intensified by adverbs such as 'innerlich' (inside/inwardly) or 'richtig' (really).
EXAMPLE
Als er die Nachricht hörte, war er innerlich gekocht.
When he heard the news, he was boiling inside.
Compare with
gekocht vs gar
at all / done
'gar' and 'gekocht' can both mean, for food, that something is no longer raw. 'gar' describes the state: the food is done and can be eaten. 'gekocht' mainly describes the method of preparation: something was heated in water or another liquid. So vegetables can be 'gekocht' and 'gar'. But a piece of meat from the pan can be 'gar' without being 'gekocht'. Learners easily confuse the words because the result can seem similar. The important point is: 'gar' says whether it is done; 'gekocht' says how it was prepared.
gekocht
Zum Abendessen gab es gekochte Kartoffeln mit Quark.
For dinner there were boiled potatoes with quark.
gar
Nach zwanzig Minuten war der Reis endlich gar.
After twenty minutes, the rice was finally done.
In real life
Loading video examples...