šef

See also: sef, séf, sêf, șef, şef, šéf, and sɛ́f

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Chef, from French chef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃêf/

Noun

šȅf m anim (Cyrillic spelling ше̏ф)

1. chief, boss, manager, director, head
   • 2022, Marija Janković, “Izbori u Srbiji 2022: Ko su kandidati za predsednika Srbije”, in BBC Njuz‎^[1]:

     Glasači u Srbiji 3. aprila biraće šefa države, najvišeg funkcionera za koga mogu direktno da glasaju.

     On April 3, voters in Serbia will elect the head of state, the highest official for whom they can vote directly.

Declension

Declension of šef

	singular	plural
nominative	šȅf	šȅfovi
genitive	šefa	šefova
dative	šefu	šefovima
accusative	šefa	šefove
vocative	šefe	šefovi
locative	šefu	šefovima
instrumental	šefom	šefovima

References

• “šef”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026