German word
backen in German sentences
backen means "to bake" in English. Learn the word with article or verb notes, real German examples, and sentence practice.
Examples
Lara backt Brot für das Frühstück.
Lara bakes bread for breakfast.
Wir backen am Sonntag einen Kuchen.
We bake a cake on Sunday.
Der Ofen backt die Pizza gleichmäßig.
The oven bakes the pizza evenly.
Lara backt die Brötchen nicht zu dunkel.
Lara does not bake the rolls too dark.
Nach dem Kurs backt das Kind Kekse.
After the class, the child bakes biscuits.
Common mistake
Do not memorize only the infinitive backen. Read it in short sentences so word order and forms become familiar.