Definition
A woman who serves customers in a restaurant or café.
Translations
- English
- waitress
- Français
- serveuse
- Türkçe
- kadın garson
- Polski
- kelnerka
- Русский
- официантка
- Українська
- офіціантка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Kellnerin
- A1
- Noun
- Food & Drink
- Work & Professions
waitress
/diː ˈkɛlnəʁɪn/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- Kellnerinnen
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Derived word
- Topics
- Food & DrinkPrimaryWork & Professions
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Kellnerin nimmt unsere Bestellung auf.NominativSing.The waitress takes our order.
- Die Kellnerin bringt die Speisekarte.NominativSing.The waitress brings the menu.
- Wir bitten die Kellnerin um die Rechnung.AkkusativSing.We ask the waitress for the bill.
- Wir fragen die Kellnerin nach der Rechnung.AkkusativSing.We ask the waitress for the bill.
- Bei der Kellnerin bestellen wir Getränke.DativSing.We order drinks from the waitress.
- Die Kellnerinnen arbeiten heute bis spät.NominativPlur.The waitresses are working late today.
- Das Restaurant sucht Kellnerinnen.AkkusativPlur.The restaurant is looking for waitresses.
- Der Chef spricht mit den Kellnerinnen.DativPlur.The manager speaks with the waitresses.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Kellnerin/ˈkɛlnəʁɪn/
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Article phrase
die Kellnerin/diː ˈkɛlnəʁɪn/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Kellnerin | die Kellnerinnen |
| Akkusativ | die Kellnerin | die Kellnerinnen |
| Dativ | der Kellnerin | den Kellnerinnen |
| Genitiv | der Kellnerin | der Kellnerinnen |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationdie Kellnerin fragen
- Prepositional constructionbei der Kellnerin bestellenbei + Dativ
- Profession expressionSie ist Kellnerin.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeDerived word
- Kellner-Derivational base
- -inSuffix