Definition
A woman who prepares food professionally.
Translations
- English
- female cook
- Français
- cuisinière
- Türkçe
- kadın aşçı
- Polski
- kucharka
- Русский
- женщина-повар
- Українська
- кухарка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Köchin
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
- Work & Professions
female cook
/diː ˈkœçɪn/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Köchinnen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimaryWork & Professions
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Köchin ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “female cook”.
- Der Text nennt die Köchin.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “female cook”.
- Der Text handelt von der Köchin.DativSing.The text is about “female cook”.
- Mehrere Köchinnen werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “female cook” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Köchinnen.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “female cook”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Köchinnen.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “female cook”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Köchin/ˈkœçɪn/
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Article phrase
die Köchin/diː ˈkœçɪn/
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Plural
Köchinnen/ˈkœçɪnən/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Köchin | die Köchinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Köchin | die Köchinnen |
| Dativ | der Köchin | den Köchinnen |
| Genitiv | der Köchin | der Köchinnen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Profession expressionals Köchin arbeiten
- Collocationdie Köchin bereitet das Essen zu
- Prepositional constructionmit der Köchin sprechenmit + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedEssen
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.