Kollege
German, noun/kɔˈleːɡə/
Kollege is spelled K-O-L-L-E-G-E (7 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,888th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kollege is a German masculine noun meaning “colleague, coworker, workmate, fellow worker or member” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die im gleichen Unternehmen, in der gleichen Organisation, Einrichtung tätig ist”.
What does Kollege mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolleague, coworker, workmate, fellow worker or member
- 2
colloquialmasculinebuddy, mate, homie (usually male, sense is rare in the feminine form)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die im gleichen Unternehmen, in der gleichen Organisation, Einrichtung tätig ist 2. Person, die im gleichen Beruf (aber in einem anderen Unternehmen) tätig ist 3. befreundete Person
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 Kollege
- Kollegen genitive
- Kollegin feminine
- Kollega alternative archaic
- College obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kollege?
- /kɔˈleːɡə/
- [kɔ-]
- [ko-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kollege
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kollege in German?
Kollege appears 20 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).