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Pfanne

frying pan

noun PFAH-nuh Less Common
Food & Drink Cooking

Also means

skillet

Usage Note

Pfanne is the shallow pan for frying, distinct from the deep Topf. Plural Pfannen. The phrase in die Pfanne hauen colloquially means to let someone down badly.

Examples

"Gib das Öl in die heiße Pfanne."

Natural Translation

Put the oil into the hot pan.

Literal Translation

Give the oil into the hot pan.

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