Kellner

Czech

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Kellner

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛl̩nɛr]

Proper noun

Kellner m anim (female equivalent Kellnerová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Kellner (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kellner	Kellnerové
genitive	Kellnera	Kellnerů
dative	Kellnerovi	Kellnerům
accusative	Kellnera	Kellnery
vocative	Kellnere	Kellnerové
locative	Kellnerovi	Kellnerech
instrumental	Kellnerem	Kellnery

Further reading

• “Kellner”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

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, itself ultimately from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛlnɐ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• 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
• Schiffskellner
• Weinkellner

Related terms

• Kellermeister

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: kelner
• → Bulgarian: ке́лнер (kélner)
• → Esperanto: kelnero
• → Ladin: chelner
• → Dutch: kelner
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kelner
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kelner
• → Polish: kelner
• → Romanian: chelner
• → Russian: ке́льнер (kélʹner)
• → Serbo-Croatian: kelner
• → Ukrainian: ке́льнер (kélʹner)

See also

• Küchenmeister

Proper noun

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

 Kellner (Familienname) on German Wikipedia

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Kellner [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Kellner	(eine)	(die)	Kellner	(die)	Kellners, Kellner
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Kellners, Kellner1	(einer)	(der)	Kellner	(der)	Kellners, Kellner
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Kellner	(einer)	(der)	Kellner	(den)	Kellners, Kellner
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Kellner	(eine)	(die)	Kellner	(die)	Kellners, Kellner

¹With an article.

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