Teller

See also: teller and tełłer

English

Proper noun

Teller

A surname.
a small city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, USA, named after Henry M. Teller.

Derived terms

Teller County

Anagrams

retell

German

Etymology

From Middle High German teller, teler, telier, from Late Latin taliare, from Latin tālea. Related to Polish talerz and Czech talíř (both borrowed from Middle High German talier). Alternatively possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɛlɐ]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛlɐ

Noun

Teller m (genitive Tellers, plural Teller)

plate, dish

Declension

Declension of Teller

	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 Duden online

German Low German

Etymology

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

Noun

Teller m (plural Tellers)

plate; dinner plate

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