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Kellnerin

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛlnəʁɪn/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Noun

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

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

Declension

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Declension of Kellnerin [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kellnerin die Kellnerinnen
genitive einer der Kellnerin der Kellnerinnen
dative einer der Kellnerin den Kellnerinnen
accusative eine die Kellnerin die Kellnerinnen

Hyponyms

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References

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

Further reading

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  • “Kellnerin” in Duden online
  • “Kellnerin”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
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