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kochen.

to cook, to prepare food (chiefly hot food for lunch or supper)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkɔχən/[-χən][-χn̩][-χɴ̩]
  1. to cook, to prepare food (chiefly hot food for lunch or supper)

    intransitive · weak
  2. to cook something (in a) liquid (e.g. soup, chili, spaghetti)

    transitive · weak
  3. to boil (to reach the boiling point)

    intransitive · weak
  4. to boil (to heat a liquid until it boils)

    transitive · weak
  5. to be stirred up or agitated, especially with anger

    figuratively · intransitive · weak
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn (“to cook”).

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