-in die
Chefin
Always 99.4% of the 471 common nouns ending in -in take die.
Add -in to a man's job or nationality and you get a woman: der Lehrer, die Lehrerin. Always feminine.
Exceptions der Muffin
der, die oder das Chefin?
die Chefin
It's die Chefin. Chefin is feminine, plural die Chefinnen.
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- Plural
- die Chefinnen
- Meaning
- boss (f)
- In our course
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- Work & jobs
Example
Meine Chefin ist sehr nett.
My boss is very nice.