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Top 1,000noun, masculine

шеф

[ʂɛf]boss, chief

Frequency rank #947 About 1 in every 11,000 words in Russian film and TV. The top 1,000 words make up 77.5% of everything said.
шеф #947

Meaning

  1. boss, chief
  2. patron, sponsor

Examples

Шеф сего́дня в хоро́шем настрое́нии.

The boss is in a good mood today.

Related

  • ше́фский adjective

Forms by frequency

  • ше́фnominative, singular#1,167
  • ше́фаgenitive, singular#8,147
  • ше́фомinstrumental, singular#13,797
  • ше́фуdative, singular#18,005
  • ше́фыnominative, plural
  • ше́фовgenitive, plural
  • ше́фамdative, plural
  • ше́фамиinstrumental, plural
  • ше́феprepositional, singular
  • ше́фахprepositional, plural

Cases

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeше́фше́фы
Genitiveше́фаше́фов
Dativeше́фуше́фам
Accusativeше́фаше́фов
Instrumentalше́фомше́фами
Prepositionalше́феше́фах

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