Ofen

See also: ofèn, Öfen, and of'en

German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uhnaz (compare Dutch oven, Low German Aven, German Low German Aven, Awen, Owen, West Frisian ûne, English oven, Danish ovn, Swedish ugn, Icelandic ofn, Gothic auhns), probably from a Proto-Indo-European *aukw- (“cooking pot”), *Hukʷ-, *ukwnos (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Old Armenian ակութ (akutʿ), Albanian anë, Latin aulla, olla, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈoːfən/, [ˈoːfən], [ˈoːfn̩]
  • audio(file)
  • Audio (Bavarian)(file)

Noun

Ofen m (genitive Ofens, plural Öfen, diminutive Öfchen n or Öflein n)

  1. oven
  2. stove
  3. furnace

Declension
Declension of Ofen
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ofen die Öfen
genitive eines des Ofens der Öfen
dative einem dem Ofen den Öfen
accusative einen den Ofen die Öfen

Derived terms

See also

Proper noun

Ofen n (genitive Ofens)

  1. Buda, the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest.

Synonyms
  • Buda (more common, at least outside Austria)

Further reading
  • Ofen in Duden online
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.