kelner

See also: Kelner

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kellner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛlnər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kel‧ner

Noun

kelner m (plural kelners, diminutive kelnertje n, feminine kelnerin or serveerster)

1. waiter (a server in a restaurant or similar)

   De kelner bracht onze drankjes. ― The waiter brought our drinks.

   Kun je de kelner vragen om de rekening? ― Can you ask the waiter for the bill?

   De kelners in dat restaurant zijn altijd erg vriendelijk. ― The waiters in that restaurant are always very friendly.

Synonyms

• ober

Anagrams

• kleren

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kellner, from Medieval Latin cellenārius.

Noun

kelner m (definite singular kelneren, indefinite plural kelnere, definite plural kelnerne)

1. waiter

Synonyms

• servitør

References

• “kelner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kellner, from Medieval Latin cellenārius.

Noun

kelner m (definite singular kelneren, indefinite plural kelnerar, definite plural kelnerane)

1. waiter

Synonyms

• servitør

References

• “kelner” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kellner, from Middle High German kelnære, from Old High German kelnere, from Medieval Latin cellenarius, from Late Latin cellārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛl.nɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛlnɛr
• Syllabification: kel‧ner

Noun

kelner m pers (female equivalent kelnerka)

1. waiter (server in a restaurant or similar)

   Synonym: garson

Declension

Declension of kelner

	singular	plural
nominative	kelner	kelnerzy/kelnery (deprecative)
genitive	kelnera	kelnerów
dative	kelnerowi	kelnerom
accusative	kelnera	kelnerów
instrumental	kelnerem	kelnerami
locative	kelnerze	kelnerach
vocative	kelnerze	kelnerzy

Derived terms

adjective

• kelnerski

noun

• kelnerstwo

verb

• kelnerować impf

Further reading

• “kelner”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kelner”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kellner; compare Keller (“basement; cellar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kêlner/
• Hyphenation: kel‧ner

Noun

kȅlner m anim (Cyrillic spelling ке̏лнер)

1. (colloquial) waiter

Declension

Declension of kelner

	singular	plural
nominative	kelner	kelneri
genitive	kelnera	kelnera
dative	kelneru	kelnerima
accusative	kelnera	kelnere
vocative	kelneru	kelneri
locative	kelneru	kelnerima
instrumental	kelnerom	kelnerima

See also

• konobar

Further reading

• “kelner”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026