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  What it means

  Literally “where there are six cooks, there is nothing to eat.” The Polish version of “too many cooks spoil the broth.”

  Vocabulary

  • kucharka — cook (female)
  • sześć — six
  • jeść — to eat

  Grammar note

  'Kucharek' is the genitive plural of 'kucharka' — required after numerals 5 and above in Polish. 'Nie ma co jeść' literally means 'there is nothing to eat.'

  Cultural context

  The proverb uses the feminine 'kucharka' rather than the masculine, reflecting the traditional role of women in Polish kitchens.

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