Kellner

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German kelnære, from Old High German kelnere, from Medieval Latin cellenarius (“(wine) cellar administrator”), from Late Latin cellārium (“pantry”), with influence of Keller.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈkɛlnɐ/
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Noun[edit]

Kellner m (strong, genitive Kellners, plural Kellner, feminine Kellnerin)

waiter [from 18th c.] (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Kellner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kellner	die	Kellner
genitive	eines	des	Kellners	der	Kellner
dative	einem	dem	Kellner	den	Kellnern
accusative	einen	den	Kellner	die	Kellner

Hyponyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

→ Afrikaans: kelner
→ Esperanto: kelnero
→ Dutch: kelner
→ Norwegian: kelner
→ Polish: kelner
→ Romanian: chelner
→ Serbo-Croatian: kelner

Further reading[edit]

“Kellner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Kellner” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Kellner” in Duden online
Kellner on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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