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Auflauf

casserole

noun OWF-lowf Less Common
Food & Drink Dishes

Also means

gratin

Usage Note

Auflauf is a baked dish, sweet or savoury, set in a deep oven dish; Kartoffelauflauf is a potato bake. The plural takes umlaut: Aufläufe. Distinct from the thinner Gratin.

Examples

"Der Auflauf muss noch zwanzig Minuten im Ofen bleiben."

Natural Translation

The casserole needs to stay in the oven another twenty minutes.

Literal Translation

The casserole must still twenty minutes in-the oven stay.

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