Kollaboration
German, noun/ˌkɔlaboʁaˈtsjoːn/
Kollaboration is spelled K-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kollaboration is a German feminine noun meaning “collaboration; collaborationism (in Vichy France)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(von ihren Landsleuten abgelehnte) Zusammenarbeit von Personen/Personengruppen mit dem Feind (zum Beispiel im…”.
What does Kollaboration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecollaboration; collaborationism (in Vichy France)
- 2
femininecollaboration, working together
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (von ihren Landsleuten abgelehnte) Zusammenarbeit von Personen/Personengruppen mit dem Feind (zum Beispiel im Zweiten Weltkrieg) 2. Zusammenarbeit auf künstlerischem oder wissenschaftlichem Gebiet
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 Kollaboration
- Kollaborationen plural
- Collaboration obsolete
- Kollaborieren variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kollaboration?
- /ˌkɔlaboʁaˈtsjoːn/
- [kɔlaboʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kollaboration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kollaboration in German?
Kollaboration appears 1.2 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).