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What is the best german translation for the french word "mise en place" or the english word equivalent "prep" in cooking ?

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    Commented Sep 26, 2021 at 16:12

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In professional cooking, a lot of French terms are used. Mise en place is the correct term in German, too, and it's the only one that I can think of that really fits cooking.

If you insist on translating it, good verbs that are used in other crafts are etwas bereitlegen or sich etwas zurechtlegen, there are no commonly used nouns "Bereitlegung" or "Zurechtlegung" though (see comments for some exceptions). You could use das Bereitlegen or das Zurechtlegen, but you won't hear those being used regularly either.

Bereitstellung comes near, but is kind of ambiguous and not self-explainatory. Arbeitsvorbereitung ("preparation for working") or just Vorbereitung ("preparation") are a bit more general, but it's probably quite clear what they comprise in the context of cooking.

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    In professional cooking and restaurant business Mise en place is the term to use in Germany. So +1.
    – Olafant
    Commented Sep 24, 2021 at 21:19
  • "Bereitlegung" is actually used in some contexts, see for example "Ordentliche und ungefährliche Aufbewahrung bzw. Bereitlegung von Handwerkszeugen können durch geeignete Hilfsmittel erleichtert werden" (occupational safety advice by the Berufsgenossenschaft Holz und Metall). But it's clearly not used widely and has a very bureaucratic vibe.
    – Henning Kockerbeck
    Commented Sep 26, 2021 at 9:50
  • And interestingly, "Zurechtlegung" is used occasionally as well, but with a different meaning. It refers more to a perspective, a way of looking at something. For example, Nietzsche is quoted with "In unserer Macht steht die Zurechtlegung des Leidens zum Segen" (roughly "It's within our power to look at suffering as a blessing"). But I agree that neither, "Bereitlegung" or "Zurechtlegung" is commonly used, not in the kitchen or otherwise ;)
    – Henning Kockerbeck
    Commented Sep 26, 2021 at 9:58
  • @HenningKockerbeck: I agree, these are words that can basically just be "made up" on the spot in some contexts. I edited again, I'm not sure how to make this clear in short English terms.
    – HalvarF
    Commented Sep 26, 2021 at 10:28

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