Kellnerin
German
Etymology
From Middle High German këlnærinne (“maid, servant, housekeeper”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛlnəʁɪn/
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Noun
Kellnerin f (genitive Kellnerin, plural Kellnerinnen, masculine Kellner)
- waitress, waiter (female)
- Synonyms: Serviererin, Bedienung; (Switzerland) Saaltochter
Declension
Declension of Kellnerin [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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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 |
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Kellnerin”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
- “Kellnerin” in Duden online
- “Kellnerin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache