Kolonie

See also: kolonie and kolonię

German

Alternative forms

• Colonie (pre-1901)

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Latin colōnia, in part through Middle French colonie. Doublet of Köln.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koloˈniː/, [ko.loˈniː], [ˌkɔ-], [ˌkoː-]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Kolonie f (genitive Kolonie, plural Kolonien)

1. colony (settlement away from the mainland/motherland)

   Synonym: (antiquity) Pflanzstadt

   Antonym: Mutterland

2. (dated) synonym of Siedlung (“housing estate”), especially when created specifically for the workers of a mine or factory
3. colony, (ethnic) community (group of foreigners, immigrants, or their descendants)

   Synonym: (neologism) Community

4. (biology) colony (group of animals, bacteria etc.)

Declension

Declension of Kolonie [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kolonie	die	Kolonien
genitive	einer	der	Kolonie	der	Kolonien
dative	einer	der	Kolonie	den	Kolonien
accusative	eine	die	Kolonie	die	Kolonien

Derived terms

• Bergarbeiterkolonie
• Kleingartenkolonie
• Kolonat
• kolonial
• kolonisieren
• Kolonist
• Künstlerkolonie
• Mutterkolonie
• Schrebergartenkolonie
• Strafkolonie
• Tochterkolonie
• Wohnkolonie

Descendants

• → Estonian: koloonia

Further reading

• “Kolonie” in Duden online
• “Kolonie”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰoloˈniː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Syllabification: Ko‧lo‧nie

Noun

Kolonie f (plural Kolonïe)

1. colony

Derived terms

• Kolonisd

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Kolonie”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Plautdietsch

Noun

Kolonie f (plural Kolonieen)

1. colony, settlement