Kellner
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editKellner m (strong, genitive Kellners, plural Kellner, feminine Kellnerin)
- waiter [from 18th c.] (male or of unspecified gender)
Declension
editDeclension of Kellner [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
editDescendants
edit- → Afrikaans: kelner
- → Bulgarian: ке́лнер (kélner)
- → Esperanto: kelnero
- → Ladin: chelner
- → Dutch: kelner
- → Norwegian: kelner
- → Polish: kelner
- → Romanian: chelner
- → Russian: ке́льнер (kélʹner)
- → Serbo-Croatian: kelner
- → Ukrainian: ке́льнер (kélʹner)
Proper noun
editKellner m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kellners or (with an article) Kellner, feminine genitive Kellner, plural Kellners or Kellner)
- a surname
Alternative forms
editRelated terms
edit- Kelle, Kelling, Kellberg, Kellmann, Helmer,
- Wallner, Waldner, Waltner, Weltner
- Heffner, Höfner, Hövener, Heppner, Höppner
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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