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kollateral

German, adjective/kɔlatəˈʁaːl/

kollateral is spelled K-O-L-L-A-T-E-R-A-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 293,729th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kollateral is a German adjective meaning “collateral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “seitlich (einer Hauptachse angeordnet) verlaufend”.

What does kollateral mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    collateral

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. seitlich (einer Hauptachse angeordnet) verlaufend

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 kollateral

  • kollateraler masculine nominative singular
  • kollaterale feminine nominative singular
  • kollaterales neuter nominative singular
  • kollateralen genitive masculine singular
  • kollateralem dative masculine singular
  • der kollaterale definite includes-article masculine
  • die kollaterale definite feminine includes-article
  • das kollaterale definite includes-article neuter
  • die kollateralen definite includes-article nominative
  • des kollateralen definite genitive includes-article
  • der kollateralen definite feminine genitive
  • dem kollateralen dative definite includes-article
  • den kollateralen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce kollateral?

  • /kɔlatəˈʁaːl/
  • [kɔlatəˈʁaːl]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is kollateral in German?

kollateral appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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