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Arbeitskollege

Arbeitskollege is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Arbeitskollegen
English
colleague
Level
B1
Topic
People

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Why is it der Arbeitskollege?

Arbeitskollege is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: der Kollege. So it’s der Arbeitskollege.

Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Person with whom you work together

[1] Person, mit der man gemeinsam arbeitet

Examples

[1] The new colleague was very sympathetic to me

[1] Der neue Arbeitskollege war mir gleich sehr sympathisch.

[1] "Ines had told Ines a work colleague who owned a house there"

[1] „Von Teneriffa hatte Ines ein Arbeitskollege erzählt, der dort ein Haus besaß.“
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[1] "The doctor interviews the work colleagues whether they had previously noticed any collapse syndromes on him"

[1] „Der Arzt befragt die Arbeitskollegen, ob sie vorher irgendwelche Kollaps-Syndrome an ihm wahrgenommen hätten.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Arbeitskollege die Arbeitskollegen
Genitiv des Arbeitskollegen der Arbeitskollegen
Dativ dem Arbeitskollegen den Arbeitskollegen
Akkusativ den Arbeitskollegen die Arbeitskollegen

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