Koloss in German

IPA: /koˈlɔs/, /ˈkɔlɔs/ Audio: De-Koloss.ogg

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Rhymes: -ɔs Etymology: 16th century, learned borrowing from Latin colossus. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|grc}}, {{lbor|de|la|colossus|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from Latin colossus Head templates: {{de-noun|m,es:-}} Koloss m (strong, genitive Kolosses or Koloss, plural Kolosse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,es:-}} Forms: Kolosses [genitive], Koloss [genitive], Kolosse [plural], strong [table-tags], Koloss [nominative, singular], Kolosse [definite, nominative, plural], Kolosses [genitive, singular], Koloss [genitive, singular], Kolosse [definite, genitive, plural], Koloss [dative, singular], Kolosse [dative, singular], Kolossen [dative, definite, plural], Koloss [accusative, singular], Kolosse [accusative, definite, plural], Koloß [alternative], Coloß [alternative]

Inflected forms

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"Koloss" meaning in German

Noun

Inflected forms