Definition
A man who serves customers in a restaurant or café.
Translations
- English
- waiter
- Français
- serveur
- Türkçe
- erkek garson
- Polski
- kelner
- Русский
- официант
- Українська
- офіціант
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Kellner
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
- Work & Professions
waiter
/deːɐ̯ ˈkɛlnɐ/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Kellner
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimaryWork & Professions
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Kellner ist hier das Thema.NominativSing.The topic here is “waiter”.
- Der Text nennt den Kellner.AkkusativSing.The text mentions “waiter”.
- Der Text handelt vom Kellner.DativSing.The text is about “waiter”.
- Mehrere Kellner werden hier genannt.NominativPlur.Several examples related to “waiter” are mentioned here.
- Der Text nennt mehrere Kellner.AkkusativPlur.The text mentions several examples related to “waiter”.
- Der Text handelt von mehreren Kellnern.DativPlur.The text is about several examples related to “waiter”.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Kellner/ˈkɛlnɐ/
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Article phrase
der Kellner/deːɐ̯ ˈkɛlnɐ/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Kellner | die Kellner |
| Akkusativ | den Kellner | die Kellner |
| Dativ | dem Kellner | den Kellnern |
| Genitiv | des Kellners | der Kellner |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationden Kellner rufen
- Collocationder Kellner bringt die Rechnung
- Prepositional constructionbeim Kellner bestellenbei + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Semantically relatedRestaurant — restaurant
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
Word family
- Kellnerin