Kellner
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɛl̩nɛr]
Proper noun
Kellner m anim (female equivalent Kellnerová)
- 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
Noun
Kellner m (strong, genitive Kellners, plural Kellner, feminine Kellnerin)
- waiter [from 18th c.] (male or of unspecified gender)
Declension
Declension of Kellner [masculine, strong]
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)
- 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