College
German, noun/ˈkɔlɪtʃ/
College is spelled C-O-L-L-E-G-E (7 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). College is a German neuter noun meaning “a college (any so-called institution in an Anglophone country, but most often in the North American sense)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bildungseinrichtung unterschiedlichen Typs: Hochschule, Schule zur Berufsausbildung, Studiengemeinschaft”.
What does College mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera college (any so-called institution in an Anglophone country, but most often in the North American sense)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bildungseinrichtung unterschiedlichen Typs: Hochschule, Schule zur Berufsausbildung, Studiengemeinschaft
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of College
- Colleges genitive
- Kolleg variant
- Collège variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce College?
- /ˈkɔlɪtʃ/
- [ˈkɔlɪt͡ʃ]
- [ˈkɔlɪd͡ʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is College in German?
College appears 18 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).