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Chef
The German word Chef is a common false friend which has nothing to do with cooking. A Chef is a boss or head of an organization, and a woman in this role is a Chefin. The question Wer ist hier der Chef? could be translated into English as Who's in charge around here?
A professional chef working in a restaurant is referred to in German as a Koch, and a head chef would be a Chefkoch. The sentence Its the chef's day off today could be rendered in German as Der Koch hat heute frei.
Berliner Mauer
The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 by the East German government to stem the growing tide of people leaving for the West. It encircled West Berlin, leaving it cut off from the rest of West Germany and only accessible to West Germans via special roads known as Transitstrecken. Little of the Wall now remains since its fall in 1989, although a couple of sections have been left standing as a memorial.
