Definition
A man who leads a company, department, or team.
Translations
- English
- boss
- Français
- patron
- Türkçe
- erkek yönetici
- Polski
- szef
- Русский
- начальник
- Українська
- керівник
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Chef
- A1
- Noun
- Work & Professions
boss
/deːɐ̯ ʃɛf/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Chefs
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Borrowing
- Topics
- Work & ProfessionsPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Chef spricht mit dem Team.NominativSing.The boss is speaking with the team.
- Ich frage den Chef nach dem Termin.AkkusativSing.I ask the boss about the appointment.
- Ich spreche mit dem Chef über das Projekt.DativSing.I am talking to the boss about the project.
- Das Büro des Chefs ist nebenan.GenitivSing.The boss’s office is next door.
- Die Chefs treffen sich am Montag.NominativPlur.The bosses are meeting on Monday.
- Wir informieren alle Chefs.AkkusativPlur.We inform all the bosses.
- Mit den Chefs besprechen wir das Projekt.DativPlur.We discuss the project with the bosses.
- Die Entscheidungen der Chefs beeinflussen das Unternehmen.GenitivPlur.The bosses’ decisions influence the company.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Chef/ʃɛf/
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Article phrase
der Chef/deːɐ̯ ʃɛf/
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Plural
Chefs/ʃɛfs/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Chef | die Chefs |
| Akkusativ | den Chef | die Chefs |
| Dativ | dem Chef | den Chefs |
| Genitiv | des Chefs | der Chefs |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationden Chef fragen
- Prepositional constructionmit dem Chef sprechenmit + Dativ
- Profession expressionChef sein
- Collocationder Chef einer Firma
- Verb constructionden Chef beraten + Akkusativ
- Sentence patternDer Chef leitet ein erfolgreiches Team.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymVorgesetzter
A Chef usually leads a team or a department; a Vorgesetzter is more generally the superior person in an employment relationship.
- Broader termLeiter — ladder
A Chef is a type of Leiter; Leiter is the more general term for a person who leads an organizational unit or a project.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeBorrowing
„Chef“ is a noun borrowed from French without visibly productive German word formation.
Word family
- Chefin — boss