kollega

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See also: kolléga

Danish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin collēga.

Pronunciation

Noun

kollega c (singular definite kollegaen, plural indefinite kollegaer or kolleger)

  1. colleague

Inflection

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin collēga.

Pronunciation

Noun

kollega

  1. colleague
  2. (obsolete, academia) Synonym of nuorempi lehtori (a junior teacher in a high school or college).
    Coordinate terms: lehtori, pedagogi, professori

Declension

Inflection of kollega (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative kollega kollegat
genitive kollegan kollegoiden
kollegoitten
kollegojen
partitive kollegaa kollegoita
kollegoja
illative kollegaan kollegoihin
singular plural
nominative kollega kollegat
accusative nom. kollega kollegat
gen. kollegan
genitive kollegan kollegoiden
kollegoitten
kollegojen
kollegain rare
partitive kollegaa kollegoita
kollegoja
inessive kollegassa kollegoissa
elative kollegasta kollegoista
illative kollegaan kollegoihin
adessive kollegalla kollegoilla
ablative kollegalta kollegoilta
allative kollegalle kollegoille
essive kollegana kollegoina
translative kollegaksi kollegoiksi
abessive kollegatta kollegoitta
instructive kollegoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kollega (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kollegani kollegani
accusative nom. kollegani kollegani
gen. kollegani
genitive kollegani kollegoideni
kollegoitteni
kollegojeni
kollegaini rare
partitive kollegaani kollegoitani
kollegojani
inessive kollegassani kollegoissani
elative kollegastani kollegoistani
illative kollegaani kollegoihini
adessive kollegallani kollegoillani
ablative kollegaltani kollegoiltani
allative kollegalleni kollegoilleni
essive kolleganani kollegoinani
translative kollegakseni kollegoikseni
abessive kollegattani kollegoittani
instructive
comitative kollegoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kollegasi kollegasi
accusative nom. kollegasi kollegasi
gen. kollegasi
genitive kollegasi kollegoidesi
kollegoittesi
kollegojesi
kollegaisi rare
partitive kollegaasi kollegoitasi
kollegojasi
inessive kollegassasi kollegoissasi
elative kollegastasi kollegoistasi
illative kollegaasi kollegoihisi
adessive kollegallasi kollegoillasi
ablative kollegaltasi kollegoiltasi
allative kollegallesi kollegoillesi
essive kolleganasi kollegoinasi
translative kollegaksesi kollegoiksesi
abessive kollegattasi kollegoittasi
instructive
comitative kollegoinesi

Derived terms

compounds

References

  • kollega”, in Vanhan kirjasuomen sanakirja [Dictionary of Old Literary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2021, →ISSN, retrieved 2024-08-07.

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Learned borrowing from Latin collēga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kollega m (definite singular kollegaen, indefinite plural kolleger or kollegaer, definite plural kollegene or kollegaene)

  1. colleague

Norwegian Nynorsk

Learned borrowing from Latin collēga.

Noun

kollega m (definite singular kollegaen, indefinite plural kollegaer or kollegaar, definite plural kollegaene or kollegaane)

  1. colleague

Swedish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collēga. Doublet of kollegium.

Pronunciation

Noun

kollega c

  1. colleague

Declension

References