How to Say ‘I cooked.’ in German
Ich habe gekocht.
ikh HAH-buh guh-KOKHT
[ikh HAH-buh guh-KOKHT]
💬 Usage Tip: Another perfect tense phrase: 'habe gekocht'. Short, useful, and very natural.
🇩🇪 In Germany: Cooking at home is common, and talking about simple meals is easy, friendly small talk.
Phrase Breakdown
Ich
[ikh]
I
First-person singular pronoun.
Ich habe gekocht.
I cooked.
habe
[HAH-buh]
have
Form of 'haben' used to build the conversational past tense.
Ich habe für meine Familie gekocht.
I cooked for my family.
gekocht
[guh-KOKHT]
cooked
Past participle of 'kochen', meaning prepared food by cooking.
Am Abend habe ich gekocht.
In the evening I cooked.
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