Keller
English edit
Etymology edit
- 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 edit
Keller
- A surname.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Keller”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 290.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German keller, from Old High German kellari, from Proto-West Germanic *kellārī (“cellar, storeroom”). See Kellner.
Noun edit
Keller m (strong, genitive Kellers, plural Keller)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Keller m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kellers or (with an article) Keller, feminine genitive Keller, plural Kellers or Keller)
- a surname
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German keller, from Old High German kellari, from Late Latin cellārium (“storehouse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Keller m (plural Keller)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Hutterisch edit
Etymology edit
From Bavarian [Term?], from Middle High German keller, from Old High German kellari, from Proto-West Germanic *kellārī (“cellar, storeroom”). See Kellner.
Noun edit
Keller m
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German keller, from Old High German kellari, from Proto-West Germanic *kellārī (“cellar, storeroom”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Keller m (plural Kelleren)