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pasta
Generally refers to pasta products from Italian cuisine, such as spaghetti, penne, or fusilli, which are made from durum wheat semolina, water, and sometimes egg.
Für das Abendessen kochen wir heute frische Pasta.
For dinner today, we're cooking fresh pasta.
pasta dish
A prepared dish consisting mainly of the pasta products mentioned above with a sauce.
Ich habe im Restaurant eine sehr leckere Pasta mit Pesto bestellt.
At the restaurant, I ordered a very tasty pasta dish with pesto.
'Pasta' is a word from Italian that is known worldwide for Italian pasta products. In German, it is used like a German word.
In Italien isst man Pasta fast jeden Tag.
In Italy, people eat pasta almost every day.
The word 'Pasta' is usually used in the singular, even when talking about a large amount or different types. Here it functions like an uncountable noun (e.g., like rice or milk).
Ist noch Pasta für mich übrig?
Is there any pasta left for me?
Whether the raw ingredient or the finished dish is meant can be recognized from the verb. Verbs like 'kochen' (to cook) or 'kaufen' (to buy) refer to the ingredient, while verbs like 'essen' (to eat) or 'bestellen' (to order) mean the finished dish.
Ich muss noch Pasta für das Abendessen kochen.
I still have to cook pasta for dinner.
When referring to the ingredient, typical combinations are 'frische Pasta' (fresh pasta), 'getrocknete Pasta' (dried pasta), 'Pasta selber machen' (to make pasta oneself), or 'Pasta kochen' (to cook pasta).
Am Sonntag machen wir oft frische Pasta selbst.
On Sundays, we often make fresh pasta ourselves.
noodle
„Nudel“ is the more general German term for individual noodles or several of them. „Pasta“ refers more specifically to pasta products and dishes from Italian cuisine and can also mean the finished dish with sauce. When talking about food in general, „Nudeln“ is suitable; „Pasta“ is especially common for Italian food.
Für das italienische Abendessen kocht Giulia Pasta mit Tomatensoße.
Giulia is cooking pasta with tomato sauce for the Italian dinner.
Für die Suppe kaufe ich kurze Nudeln, die auch nach dem Kochen fest bleiben.
I am buying short noodles for the soup that will stay firm even after cooking.
