Keller

See also: keller

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, from Keller (“storehouse”).
• As an English surname, from queller (“hangman, executioner, killer”).
• As a Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Keillor, from gu leòr (“plenty, enough, sufficient”) (comparable to galore).

Proper noun

Keller

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Keller graph

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Keller”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 290.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛlɐ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ

Etymology 1

From Middle High German keller, from Old High German kellari, from Proto-West Germanic *kellārī (“cellar, storeroom”). See Kellner.

Noun

Keller m (strong, genitive Kellers, plural Keller)

1. cellar
2. basement

Declension

Declension of Keller [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Keller	die	Keller
genitive	eines	des	Kellers	der	Keller
dative	einem	dem	Keller	den	Kellern
accusative	einen	den	Keller	die	Keller

Derived terms

• Bierkeller
• Eiskeller
• Kellerassel
• Kellerei
• Kellerkind
• Kellertreppe
• Kohlenkeller
• Leiche im Keller
• Ratskeller
• Sektkeller
• Tiefkeller
• Weinkeller

Etymology 2

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Keller [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Keller	(eine)	(die)	Keller	(die)	Kellers, Keller
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Kellers, Keller1	(einer)	(der)	Keller	(der)	Kellers, Keller
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Keller	(einer)	(der)	Keller	(den)	Kellers, Keller
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Keller	(eine)	(die)	Keller	(die)	Kellers, Keller

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Manekeller, Mankell, Mankiller
• Kellner

Further reading

• “Keller (Räumlichkeit, Vorrat)” in Duden online
• “Keller (Schriftsteller)” in Duden online
• “Keller” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Keller on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German keller, from Old High German kellari, from Late Latin cellārium (“storehouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰelɐ/

Noun

Keller m (plural Keller)

1. basement, cellar

Derived terms

• Kellermeisje

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Hutterisch

Etymology

From Bavarian [Term?], from Middle High German keller, from Old High German kellari, from Proto-West Germanic *kellārī (“cellar, storeroom”). See Kellner.

Noun

Keller m

1. cellar
2. basement

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German keller, from Old High German kellari, from Proto-West Germanic *kellārī (“cellar, storeroom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkælɐ/

Noun

Keller m (plural Kelleren)

1. cellar