noun
cellar, basement
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'Keller' means 'cellar' or 'basement', usually a below-ground room for storage or technical rooms. Masculine: der Keller. Plural Keller (unchanged). Genitive singular des Kellers adds -s. Regular declension otherwise. Used for wine cellars (bodega), mechanical rooms; no special prepositions or irregular plural.
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Ich gehe in den Keller.
I'm going to the cellar/basement.
Die Handwerker fanden im Keller einen alten Koffer, als sie die Leitung reparierten.
The workers found an old suitcase in the basement when they repaired the pipe.
Im Altbau gibt es oft keinen beheizten Keller, sondern einen kalten Keller.
In older buildings there is often a cold basement.
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Picture stairs going down into a cool storage cellar
Keller ~ 'cellar' (similar sound and meaning)
der: imagine a male caretaker guarding the cellar (der Keller)
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Keller refers to the space under a house. Plural: Keller.