How do you talk about your boss in German?

Who‘s the chef and who‘s the boss?

Definition

The confusing German word Chef is the most common way of referring to a manager and has nothing to do with kitchens: a chef who cooks is der Koch, and the head chef is der Chefkoch.

Germans also commonly use the English word “Boss” to refer to their superiors at the workplace.

The English words “chef” and “chief” as well as the German Chef are all related to the Latin word “caput”, which means “head”, here in the sense of “head of operations.”