Swedish noun· top 2,000 most common

en kollega

colleague, collegue

Meaning

colleague; collegue

In Swedish: yrkeskamrat

Forms

Forms of kollega
Singular, indefiniteen kollega
Singular, definitekollegan
Plural, indefinitekollegor
Plural, definitekollegorna

kollega is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor kollega, den stora kollegan. Check another noun

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Is it en kollega or ett kollega?

Questions

What does kollega mean in English?

kollega means “colleague, collegue”.

Is it en kollega or ett kollega?

It is en kollega, and “the colleague” is kollegan.

What is the plural of kollega?

The plural of kollega is kollegor, and the definite plural is kollegorna.

Similar words

medarbetarearbetskamrat

Origin

Borrowed from Latin collēga.

Nearby common words

kollega is number 1,452 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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  • 1,454dök dived
  • 1,455bekräfta corroborate, confirm
  • 1,456amerikanska a female American (female born in, being a citizen of, or inhabiting the United States of America), The variety of English spoken in the USA and Canada
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary