Word
Min chef vil have svaret senest klokken tre i eftermiddag.
Meaning
My boss wants the answer no later than three o’clock this afternoon.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Min chef vil have svaret senest klokken tre i eftermiddag.
min
my
chefen
the boss
klokken
the time (on the clock)
tre
three
Questions & Answers about Min chef vil have svaret senest klokken tre i eftermiddag.
Why does chef mean boss here? Doesn’t chef mean a cook?
In Danish, chef means boss, manager, or head of something.
So min chef means my boss.
If you mean a cook or a chef in the English food sense, the usual Danish word is kok.
Examples:
- min chef = my boss
- en kok = a cook
Why is it min chef and not mit chef?
Because chef is a common gender noun in Danish, not a neuter noun.
Danish possessives change according to the gender and number of the noun:
- min for singular common gender
- mit for singular neuter
- mine for plural
So:
- en chef → min chef
- et svar → mit svar
- flere svar → mine svar
Why is there no article? Why not something like min chefen?