Polyglot Dictionary

Chefarzt

/ˈʃɛfˌʔaʁtst/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Chefärzte

Meaning

  1. consultant, head physician

    Built from Chef (boss) + Arzt (doctor).

    • Der Chefarzt macht Visite.

      The head physician does his rounds.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Chef boss
  • Arzt doctor

Practice

1 What does Chefarzt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ macht Visite.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Chefarzt?

nouncompound

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