female cook / chef
die Köchin, die Köchinnen
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female cook / chef
A woman who prepares food professionally, for example in a restaurant, cafeteria, or hotel.
Die Köchin des Restaurants ist berühmt für ihre kreativen Desserts.
The restaurant's chef is famous for her creative desserts.
| gender | feminine die |
|---|---|
| plural | die Köchinnen |
| genitive | der Köchin |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | die Köchin | die Köchinnen |
| accusative | die Köchin | die Köchinnen |
| dative | der Köchin | den Köchinnen |
| genitive | der Köchin | der Köchinnen |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
The word 'Köchin' (female cook/chef) is derived from the verb 'kochen' (to cook). The suffix '-in' is used very frequently in German to form the feminine form of professions or personal designations.
Aus dem „Lehrer“ wird „die Lehrerin“, aus dem „Koch“ wird „die Köchin“.
'Der Lehrer' (male teacher) becomes 'die Lehrerin' (female teacher), and 'der Koch' (male cook/chef) becomes 'die Köchin' (female cook/chef).
Common verbs used with 'Köchin' (female cook/chef) are 'als Köchin arbeiten' (to work as a cook/chef), 'eine Köchin sein' (to be a cook/chef), or 'Köchin werden' (to become a cook/chef). The place of work is also often added with a preposition.
Sie arbeitet als Köchin in einem Fünf-Sterne-Hotel.
She works as a chef in a five-star hotel.
To name a cook's workplace, you usually use the preposition 'in' followed by the dative. You can also use the genitive or 'von' (of/from) to express affiliation with a restaurant.
Sie ist Köchin in einer kleinen Kantine.
She is a cook in a small cafeteria.
