toasten

Toasten is a German verb meaning to brown bread by applying heat, i.e., to make toast. It is a loanword from English toast and is common in everyday cooking language. The usual objects are das Toast or Toastbrot, referring to the finished toasted bread. The verb is conjugated regularly: ich toaste, du toastest, er toastet, wir toasten, ihr toastet, sie toasten; the past participle is getoastet, with perfect forms such as ich habe getoastet. The noun das Toasten denotes the act of toasting, often used in cooking contexts: "das Toasten des Brotes" or "zum Toasten geeignet." In practice, toasting is typically performed with a toaster, a toaster oven, or under a grill, and results in a crisp, browned surface.

The term is distinct from the social act of giving a toast, which in German is expressed with phrases like "einen Toast aussprechen" or "auf etwas anstoßen," not with the verb toasten. Related terms include Toastbrot (the bread used for toast) and das/getoastete Brot as the result; Rösten is a related verb used for roasting coffee or grains, not usually for bread.

Note: In English-language contexts, "toasten" is not standard; the usual English verb is "to toast." The German loanword is primarily used by German speakers, rather than as an English term.