Short answer: Kollege takes the article der (der Kollege). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “colleague” in English.
Kollege: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Colleague
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Kollege take der?
Exception: most nouns ending in -e take die, but Kollege takes der. Learn it together with its article.
See the article rules →Remember it by color
In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Kollege as something blue.
Always say and write the word with its article: not “Kollege” but “der Kollege”.
