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oven
An appliance with an enclosed chamber that is used with heat for baking, roasting, or cooking food. In a kitchen, it is also called a baking oven.
Schieb die Pizza für zehn Minuten bei 200 Grad in den Ofen.
Put the pizza in the oven at 200 degrees for ten minutes.
The meaning of 'Ofen' (oven/stove) depends heavily on context. In the kitchen, it usually means the oven used for cooking (verbs: 'backen' (to bake), 'braten' (to roast/fry)). In the living room, it is a heater (verbs: 'heizen' (to heat), 'anmachen' (to turn on)).
Kannst du bitte den Ofen auf 180 Grad vorheizen?
Could you please preheat the oven to 180 degrees?
When referring to the oven, the preposition is important. Movement is expressed with 'in den Ofen' (into the oven, accusative), while a position is described with 'im Ofen' (in the oven, dative).
Der Kuchen muss für 45 Minuten in den Ofen.
The cake has to go into the oven for 45 minutes.
In connection with baking, the verbs 'vorheizen' (to preheat), 'hineinschieben' (to slide/push in), and 'herausnehmen' (to take out) are often used.
Ich habe die Brötchen gerade frisch aus dem Ofen geholt.
I just took the rolls fresh out of the oven.
When the 'Ofen' (stove/heater) is used to heat a room, typical verbs are 'anmachen' (to turn on), 'ausmachen' (to turn off), or 'heizen' (to heat). With a wood-burning stove, 'Holz nachlegen' (to add more wood) is also used.
Kannst du bitte Holz in den Ofen nachlegen? Das Feuer geht bald aus.
Could you please add more wood to the stove? The fire will go out soon.
The expression 'Jetzt ist der Ofen aus!' is a fixed colloquial idiom. It means that one’s patience has run out or that a situation is finally over.
Nach der dritten Warnung war klar: Jetzt ist der Ofen aus und er muss gehen.
After the third warning, it was clear: that’s it, and he has to leave.
heating
'der Ofen' and 'die Heizung' can both have to do with warmth in a room. An 'Ofen' is an individual device that produces heat, often visible in the room and sometimes using wood or gas. A 'Heizung' is more the technical system or radiator that heats rooms or water. Learners may confuse the words because both make things warm. In practical terms: for a fireplace-like or wood-burning device, you are more likely to say 'Ofen'; for normal heating in an apartment, usually 'Heizung'.
Im Wohnzimmer brennt der Ofen, deshalb ist es dort besonders warm.
The stove is burning in the living room, so it is especially warm there.
Die Heizung funktioniert nicht, obwohl es draußen sehr kalt ist.
The heating system is not working, even though it is very cold outside.