Ofen
German, noun
Ofen is spelled O-F-E-N (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,583rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ofen is a German masculine noun meaning “clipping of Backofen (“oven”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Öfen is a different word: “plural of Ofen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einrichtung, Gerät zum Heizen, Verbrennen”.
What does Ofen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclipping of Backofen (“oven”)
- 2
masculinestove
- 3
masculinefurnace
- 4
masculineclipping of Brennofen (“kiln”)
noun
- 1
plural of Ofen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einrichtung, Gerät zum Heizen, Verbrennen 2. für ein selbst angetriebenes Straßenfahrzeug 3. alte Bezeichnung für eine Höhle, in der Mehrzahl „Öfen“ für eine Klamm 4. vereinzelt bis zu 20 m aufragende Felsformation aus Plattengneis, die optisch den Eindruck eines Stapels aus mehr oder weniger dicken Felsplatten erweckt
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 Ofen
- Ofens genitive
- Öfen plural
- Öfchen diminutive neuter
- Öflein diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ofen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ofen in German?
Ofen appears 13 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).