noun
hairdresser (male)
B1
Coiffeur: masculine noun meaning male hairdresser (French loanword). Feminine forms include Coiffeuse or Friseurin/Friseurinnen; plural Coiffeure. Declension: Genitive des Coiffeurs. Used especially in Swiss/German contexts as a stylist term; declines like other der-nouns. Also commonly seen on salon signs.
Examples
Der Coiffeur hat mir eine neue Frisur geschnitten.
The hairdresser gave me a new haircut.
Der Coiffeur schneidet mir heute Nachmittag die Haare.
The hairdresser is cutting my hair this afternoon.
Sie ging zum Coiffeur, obwohl sie eigentlich keinen neuen Stil wollte.
She went to the hairdresser, although she actually did not want a new style.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a man in a salon apron carefully styling a client's coif.
Think of the English word 'coif' (a hairdo) + a French ending; coif -> Coiffeur = hairdresser.
Masculine 'der' — imagine a 'D' badge (for 'der') on his jacket.
Notes
Coiffeur is a borrowing from French. In everyday German you will also hear Friseur for hairdresser. The entry here is masculine (der Coiffeur).