Kollege

Related words

• Arbeitskollege

  colleague

• Amtskollege

  Counterpart

• Ösi

  Aussie (Australian slang)

• Plauderei

  chit-chat

• Liebschaft

  affair, romance

• Sput

  Scorn, mockery

• den Schwarzen Peter zuschieben

  To pass the buck

• zurechtkommen

  To get along, to cope

• jemandem ein Kuckucksei ins Nest legen

  To lay a cuckoo's egg in someone's nest means to foist an unpleasant task or burden on someone unnoticed.

• vorpreschen

  To rush ahead, to push forward

• ausbaden

  To pay the price

• abtrünnig

  Defector

• befangen

  Self-conscious

• geltungssüchtig

  Attention-seeking describes a person who has an excessive need for recognition and attention.

• Verbindung

  Connection

• Schwabe

  Swabian

• Sitzriese

  Couch potato, desk jockey

• Mitstudent

  Fellow student

• Mitknecht

  Sycophant

• Kolleg

  year (of study)

• Stichelei

  Teasing

• Abschiedsfeier

  Farewell party

• Dolchstoß

  Stab in the back

• Dolchstoss

  Stab in the back

• intrigieren

  To intrigue, to scheme

• willkommen heißen

  to welcome

• das Gesicht verlieren

  To lose face

• zurückstehen

  To take a backseat, to be less important, to lag behind.

• wichtigmachen

  To act important

• sticheln

  to tease, to banter

• spitzeln

  To spy

• jemandem den Rang ablaufen

  To surpass someone

• verklatschen

  To snitch means to inform on someone to an authority or another person, often to gain an advantage for oneself.

• opportunistisch

  Opportunistic

• illoyal

  disloyal

• denunziatorisch

  denunciatory, accusatory

• gönnerhaft

  Patronizing means behaving in a condescending and superior manner, often making others feel inferior.

• eigenmächtig

  Arbitrary

• Genosse

  comrade

• Kamerad

  Comrade, friend

• Smalltalk

  Small talk

• Arbeitskamerad

  Workmate

• Denunziant

  Informant

• Kommilitone

  Fellow student

• abkupfern

  To plagiarize, to copy

• weiterleiten

  Forward

• die Beherrschung verlieren

  To lose one's temper

• belächeln

  to smile at condescendingly

• munkeln

  to murmur

Example sentences with “Kollege”

1. Mein Kollege hilft mir bei diesem Projekt. (My colleague is helping me with this project.)

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