Polyglot Dictionary

festbrennen

/ˈfɛstˌbʁɛnən/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present
brennt fest
past
brannte fest
perfect
ist festgebrannt

Meaning

  1. to burn on, to stick (food in a pan)

    Built from fest (firm) + brennen (to burn).

    • Der Reis ist am Topf festgebrannt.

      The rice has burnt onto the pot.

    • Die Milch brannte fest. Das Schrubben dauerte eine Stunde.

      The milk burnt on. The scrubbing took an hour.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • fest firm
  • brennen to burn

Practice

1 What does festbrennen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Reis ist am Topf ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches festbrennen?

verbseparable-verbcompound

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