Vocabulary
der
Oberkellner
· noun· Pl. die Oberkellner
head waiter
The senior waiter of a traditional café or restaurant — in Vienna you call him with „Herr Ober!“, and he decides who gets the good table.
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- Singular
- der Oberkellner
- Plural
- die Oberkellner
- Genitiv
- des Oberkellners
- feminin
- die Oberkellnerin
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Oberkellner
head waiter
Es gibt in Wien Berufe, die man nicht erlernt, sondern erleidet, und der des Oberkellners gehört zweifellos dazu.
There are professions in Vienna that one does not learn but endures, and that of the head waiter is undoubtedly one of them.
Word family
Oberkellnerder Oberwaiter (short for Oberkellner; you call any waiter „Herr Ober!“)der Kellner / die Kellnerinwaiter / waitresskellnernto work as a waiter (colloquial)
Real examples
- Es gibt in Wien Berufe, die man nicht erlernt, sondern erleidet, und der des Oberkellners gehört zweifellos dazu.There are professions in Vienna that one does not learn but endures, and that of the head waiter is undoubtedly one of them.
- Der Oberkellner führte uns wortlos an einen Tisch am Fenster.The head waiter led us to a table by the window without a word.
