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der, die oder das Kellnerin?

die Kellnerin

It's die Kellnerin. Kellnerin is feminine, plural die Kellnerinnen.

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Plural
die Kellnerinnen
Meaning
waitress
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Food & drink

Example

  • Die Kellnerin ist freundlich.

    The waitress is friendly.

Why die?

-in die

Kellnerin

Always 99.4% of the 471 common nouns ending in -in take die.

Add -in to a man's job or nationality and you get a woman: der Lehrer, die Lehrerin. Always feminine.

Exceptions der Muffin