Short answer: Kollegin takes the article die (die Kollegin). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “colleague” in English.
Kollegin: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Colleague
- Topic
- Career and learning
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Kollegin take die?
No suffix rule covers Kollegin, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, die words are red. Picture Kollegin as something red.
See the article rules →Kollegin in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Kollegin |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Kollegin |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Kollegin |
