Teller

See also: teller and tełłer

English

Proper noun

Teller

A surname.
A tiny city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States, named after Henry M. Teller.

Derived terms

Teller County

Anagrams

retell

German

ein Teller

Etymology

From Middle High German teller (“plate”), from Middle French tailloir (“plate, cutting board”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɛlər/, [ˈtɛ.lɐ]
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Rhymes: -ɛlɐ

Noun

Teller m (strong, genitive Tellers, plural Teller, diminutive Tellerchen n or Tellerlein n)

plate, dish

Declension

Declension of Teller [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Teller	die	Teller
genitive	eines	des	Tellers	der	Teller
dative	einem	dem	Teller	den	Tellern
accusative	einen	den	Teller	die	Teller

Derived terms

Handteller
Salatteller
Tellergericht
Tellerwäscher

Further reading

“Teller” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Teller” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Teller” in Duden online
Teller on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

German Low German

Alternative forms

Töller, Tüller

Etymology

From Middle Low German teller (tellor, tallior), from Middle French tailloir.

Noun

Teller m (plural Tellers)

plate; dinner plate

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