Kellnerin

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛlnəʀɪn/
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Noun

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

  1. waitress, waiter (female)

Declension
Declension of Kellnerin
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kellnerin die Kellnerinnen
genitive einer der Kellnerin der Kellnerinnen
dative einer der Kellnerin den Kellnerinnen
accusative eine die Kellnerin die Kellnerinnen

Synonyms
  • Serviererin, Bedienung
  • Saaltochter (Switzerland)

References
  1. Kellnerin in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

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