lasagna
die Lasagne, die Lasagnen
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lasagna
An Italian dish consisting of layers of wide pasta sheets, meat sauce, béchamel sauce, and cheese, baked in the oven.
Am Sonntag gibt es bei uns zu Hause oft eine große Lasagne für die ganze Familie.
On Sundays, we often have a large lasagna at home for the whole family.
lasagna sheets
The type of wide, flat pasta sheets themselves that are used to prepare the dish of the same name.
Ich habe alle Zutaten, aber ich muss noch eine Packung Lasagne kaufen.
I have all the ingredients, but I still need to buy a package of lasagna sheets.
| gender | feminine die |
|---|---|
| plural | die Lasagnen |
| genitive | der Lasagne |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | die Lasagne | die Lasagnen |
| accusative | die Lasagne | die Lasagnen |
| dative | der Lasagne | den Lasagnen |
| genitive | der Lasagne | der Lasagnen |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
The word 'Lasagne' (lasagna) can be used both countably and uncountably. If you are talking about a portion or a whole dish, you say 'eine Lasagne' (a lasagna). If you are talking generally about the food or about the pasta sheets, it is often used uncountably.
Ich hätte gern eine Lasagne und einen Salat.
I’d like a lasagna and a salad, please.
You can tell whether the dish or the pasta sheets are meant from the context. In connection with quantities like 'eine Packung' (a package) or verbs like 'kaufen' (to buy), the pasta is usually meant. With verbs like 'essen' (to eat) or 'bestellen' (to order), it is about the finished dish.
Im Supermarktregal findest du die Lasagne neben den Spaghetti.
In the supermarket aisle, you’ll find the lasagna sheets next to the spaghetti.
When referring to the dish, 'Lasagne' (lasagna) is often combined with the verbs 'machen' (to make), 'zubereiten' (to prepare), 'essen' (to eat), or 'im Ofen backen' (to bake in the oven). Variations like 'vegetarische Lasagne' (vegetarian lasagna) are also common.
Heute Abend mache ich eine vegetarische Lasagne.
Tonight I’m making a vegetarian lasagna.
