German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German këlnærinne (maid, servant, housekeeper).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛlnəʁɪn/
  • (file)

Noun edit

Kellnerin f (genitive Kellnerin, plural Kellnerinnen, masculine Kellner)

  1. waitress, waiter (female)
    Synonyms: Serviererin, Bedienung; (Switzerland) Saaltochter

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kellnerin”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

  • Kellnerin” in Duden online
  • Kellnerin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache