Backofen
German, noun
Backofen is spelled B-A-C-K-O-F-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Backofen is a German masculine noun meaning “oven” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Backöfen is a different word: “plural of Backofen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “großes Haushaltsgerät, in dem starke Hitze erzeugt wird, um Essen zu erhitzen”.
What does Backofen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoven
noun
- 1
plural of Backofen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großes Haushaltsgerät, in dem starke Hitze erzeugt wird, um Essen zu erhitzen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Backofen
- Backofens genitive
- Backöfen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Backofen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Backofen in German?
Backofen appears 2.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).