No. 1,047 in Swedish
kollega
Colleague.
In a sentence
Min kollega och jag arbetar på samma avdelning.
My colleague and I work in the same department.
Here, 'kollega' is used to refer to a work associate or teammate.
Hon är en mycket kompetent kollega.
She is a very competent colleague.
'Kollega' is used to describe someone's professional attributes in the workplace.
Vi hade en diskussion med våra kollegor om projektet.
We had a discussion with our colleagues about the project.
In this sentence, 'kollegor' is the plural form of 'kollega', referring to a group of coworkers involved in a meeting.
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