Pfanne

From Middle High German pfanne, from Old High German phanna, from Proto-West Germanic *pannā, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ, from Late Latin panna, from Latin patina (“bowl, platter”). Doublet of Patina.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpfanə/ (prescriptive standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈfanə/ (northern and central Germany, de-facto standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpfanːə/ (Switzerland)

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• Rhymes: -anə

Pfanne f (genitive Pfanne, plural Pfannen, diminutive Pfännchen n)

1. (generally) frying pan
2. (in context) short for compounds having -pfanne as their last component

   Dachpfanne ― pan tile

   Pulverpfanne ― priming pan

3. in technical contexts often a metaphor for various implements termed in English mostly socket, as well as in anatomical terminology.

• etwas auf der Pfanne haben
• in die Pfanne hauen
• pfannenartig
• pfannenlos

• Angelpfanne, Dachpfanne, Bratpfanne, Bettpfanne, Gelenkpfanne, Hüftpfanne, Beckenpfanne, Pulverpfanne, Zündpfanne
• Pfannendach, Pfannengericht, Pfannengriff, Pfannkuchen, (Pfannekuchen, Pfannenkuchen), Pfannenstiel

• “Pfanne” in Duden online
• “Pfanne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pfanne” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.