Kellner
German edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
Kellner m (strong, genitive Kellners, plural Kellner, feminine Kellnerin)
- waiter [from 18th c.] (male or of unspecified gender)
Declension edit
Declension of Kellner [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms edit
Descendants 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 edit
Kellner 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 edit
Related 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