Chef
German edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French chef (“head, boss”). Compare English chief and Spanish jefe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Chef m (strong, genitive Chefs, plural Chefs, feminine Chefin or Cheffin)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Declension of Chef [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “Chef” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Chef” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Chef” in Duden online
- Chef on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de