noun#1,025 by frequency
der Kollege
/kɔˈleːɡə/
colleague, coworker, workmate, fellow worker or member
- genitive
- des Kollegen
- plural
- die Kollegen
Meanings
- 1
colleague, coworker, workmate, fellow worker or member
Sind Tom und Maria Kollegen?
Are Tom and Mary colleagues?
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom ist mir Kollege und Freund.
Tom is my colleague and my friend.
Tatoeba · wolfgangth · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
buddy, mate, homie — usually male, sense is rare in the feminine formrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derKollege | dieKollegen |
| accusative | denKollegen | dieKollegen |
| dative | demKollegen | denKollegen |
| genitive | desKollegen | derKollegen |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.