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German
Etymology
18th century, from French colonne, from Latin columna. Doublet of Kolumne (“newspaper column”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Kolonne f (genitive Kolonne, plural Kolonnen)
- (military) column (group of military vehicles or troops, especially on a road)
- (by extension) any group of vehicles travelling together
- Synonyms: Konvoi, Karawane
- (by extension) group of workers
- Synonyms: Trupp, Arbeitstrupp
- (chemistry) fractionating column
- (printing) Alternative form of Kolumne (“column, body of text”)
Declension
Hyponyms
- Autokolonne, Drückerkolonne, Fahrzeugkolonne, Fünfte Kolonne, Lastwagenkolonne, Malerkolonne, Maurerkolonne, Marschkolonne, Panzerkolonne, Putzkolonne, Verkehrskolonne, Wagenkolonne, Zahlenkolonne
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Kolonne” in Duden online
- “Kolonne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kolonne” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon