Picture in the app

der Chef

like der Schnee

Is it der, die or das Chef?

It's der Chef. Plural: die Chefs.

Meaning
boss
Gender
masculine
Level
A1 · Work
Riddle
In the app with Pro
Also
die Chefin (female boss)

No rule for this one

Most German nouns don't show their article. Chef is one to learn by heart, which is what the picture in its world is for.

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Chef in other languages

Czech
šéf
Slovak
šéf
Hungarian
főnök
Slovenian
šef
Italian
capo
Croatian
šef
Bosnian
šef
Serbian
šef
Romanian
șef
Polish
szef
Ukrainian
начальник
Turkish
patron
Arabic
مدير
Persian
رئیس
Dari (Afghanistan)
رئیس
Pashto (Afghanistan)
رئیس

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