Kellnerin

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German këlnærinne (maid, servant, housekeeper).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛlnəʁɪn/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Kellnerin f (genitive Kellnerin, plural Kellnerinnen, masculine Kellner)

  1. waitress, waiter (female)
    Synonyms: Serviererin, Bedienung; (Switzerland) Saaltochter

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kellnerin”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading[edit]

  • Kellnerin” in Duden online
  • Kellnerin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache