verb
to roast, to fry
A2
braten means 'to roast' or 'to fry' — cook food by dry heat or in fat. It is a strong (irregular) verb: present vowel change a→ä (er brät), Präteritum stem briet-, participle gebraten. Uses auxiliary haben for perfect tenses. Non‑reflexive; transitive in many uses (etw. braten).
Examples
Sie briet die Kartoffeln.
She fried the potatoes.
Kannst du das Gemüse in der Pfanne braten?
Can you fry the vegetables in the pan?
Wir wollen das Hähnchen im Ofen braten.
We want to roast the chicken in the oven.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture the stem change: a small 'a' turning into an 'ä' on the du/er forms.
Sounds like 'braid' but think 'braten' = 'to brown/heat' (roast or fry).