Kellner

German

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛlnɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Kell‧ner

Noun

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

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

Declension

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

• Oberkellner; Ober
• Hilfskellner

Descendants

• → 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

Kellner m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kellners or (with an article) Kellner, feminine genitive Kellner, plural Kellners or Kellner)

Regional distribution of the surname Kellner in Germany in 2005 (by number of telephone mainlines)

1. a surname

Alternative forms

• Kelner (rare)

Related terms

• Kelle, Kelling, Kellberg, Kellmann, Helmer,
• Wallner, Waldner, Waltner, Weltner
• Heffner, Höfner, Hövener, Heppner, Höppner

Further reading

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