kollegial
[kɔleˈɡi̯aːl]
The verdict
“kollegial” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - freundlich und hilfsbereit zusammenarbeitend, dem Verhältnis unter Kollegen entsprechend, kooperativ seiend
Corpus desk
Index DE-kollegial · kollegial · German
kollegial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kollegial |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɔleˈɡi̯aːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „kollegial“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
kollegial is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɔleˈɡi̯aːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "freundlich und hilfsbereit zusammenarbeitend, dem Verhältnis unter Kollegen entsprechend, kooperativ seiend".
kollegial has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is kollegial, spelled K-O-L-L-E-G-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1freundlich und hilfsbereit zusammenarbeitend, dem Verhältnis unter Kollegen entsprechend, kooperativ seiend
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.