Chef

See also: chef, chèf, and chef-

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chef (“head, boss”). Compare English chief and Spanish jefe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃɛf]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Chef m (strong, genitive Chefs, plural Chefs, feminine Chefin or Cheffin)

  1. boss, chief

Usage notes

Note that Chef is a false friend and does not mean "chef". The general word for "chef" is Koch unless you want to imply the person has some form of leadership in which case you would use Chefkoch or Küchenchef.

Declension
Declension of Chef [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Chef die Chefs
genitive eines des Chefs der Chefs
dative einem dem Chef den Chefs
accusative einen den Chef die Chefs

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ше̏ф/šȅf

Further reading
  • “Chef” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Chef” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Chef” in Duden online
  • Chef on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chef.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃæf/

Noun

Chef m (plural Cheffen, feminine Cheffin)

  1. boss, head, manager
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