die Tiefkühlpizza
frozen pizza
A ready-made pizza that is sold and stored frozen and must be baked in the oven before eating.
EXAMPLE
Ich schiebe die Tiefkühlpizza in den vorgeheizten Ofen.
I slide the frozen pizza into the preheated oven.
die Tiefkühlpizza
frozen pizza
die Tiefkühlpizza, die Tiefkühlpizzen
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Meanings
Forms
Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry Tiefkühlpizza, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
| gender | feminine die |
|---|---|
| plural | die Tiefkühlpizzen |
| genitive | der Tiefkühlpizza |
The four cases
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | die Tiefkühlpizza | die Tiefkühlpizzen die Tiefkühlpizzas |
| accusative | die Tiefkühlpizza | die Tiefkühlpizzen die Tiefkühlpizzas |
| dative | der Tiefkühlpizza | den Tiefkühlpizzen den Tiefkühlpizzas |
| genitive | der Tiefkühlpizza | der Tiefkühlpizzen der Tiefkühlpizzas |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
Usage tips
Compound word
'Tiefkühlpizza' (frozen pizza) is made up of 'Tiefkühl-' (deep-frozen) and 'Pizza' (pizza). 'Tiefkühl-' indicates that the pizza is preserved by freezing it at a very low temperature.
EXAMPLE
Im Supermarkt liegt die Tiefkühlpizza in der Gefrierabteilung.
At the supermarket, the frozen pizza is in the frozen food section.
Typical collocations
'Tiefkühlpizza' (frozen pizza) is particularly common with verbs such as 'kaufen' (to buy), 'backen' (to bake), 'aufbacken' (to bake or heat up), and 'essen' (to eat). 'Eine Tiefkühlpizza in den Ofen schieben' (to slide a frozen pizza into the oven) is also a typical phrase.
EXAMPLE
Nach der Arbeit backen wir schnell eine Tiefkühlpizza.
After work, we quickly bake a frozen pizza.
Preparation patterns
When talking about preparing a 'Tiefkühlpizza' (frozen pizza), expressions of direction are often used: you slide it 'in den Ofen' (into the oven) and later take it 'aus dem Ofen' (out of the oven).
EXAMPLE
Max legte die Tiefkühlpizza in den Ofen und holte sie nach zwölf Minuten wieder aus dem Ofen.
Max put the frozen pizza into the oven and took it out of the oven twelve minutes later.
In real life
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