Arbeitskollegin
[ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡skɔˌleːɡɪn]
The verdict
“Arbeitskollegin” is uncommon German (frequency #58,555 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,555
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Frau, mit der man gemeinsam arbeitet
Corpus desk
Index DE-arbeitskollegin · Arbeitskollegin · German
Arbeitskollegin · rank #58,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,555
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Arbeitssuche
Nearest frequency peer: Arbeitssuche (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Arbeitskollegin“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- anzumachen
anzumachen
41,449 corpus weight
- aquila
aquila
41,448 corpus weight
- Arbeitskoll…
Arbeitskollegin
41,446 corpus weight
- Arbeitssuche
Arbeitssuche
41,445 corpus weight
- Arbeitszeug…
Arbeitszeugnis
41,444 corpus weight
- Architektur…
Architekturbüros
41,443 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Arbeitskollegin“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arbeitskollegin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡skɔˌleːɡɪn] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #58,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Arbeitskollegin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Arbeitskollegin is uncommon German at frequency #58,555 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʁbaɪ̯t͡skɔˌleːɡɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Frau, mit der man gemeinsam arbeitet".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Arbeitskollegin, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Arbeitskollegin, spelled A-R-B-E-I-T-S-K-O-L-L-E-G-I-N.
Definition
- 1Frau, mit der man gemeinsam arbeitet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Arbeitskollegin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Arbeitskollegin geht in drei Monaten in Karenz, weil sie ihr zweites Kind erwartet.
„Da sahen ihre Arbeitskolleginnen sie lange an und bliesen mit ihrem Zigarettenrauch große Kringel in die Luft.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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