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Jul 10, 2017 - 11:12 AM
You're perfectly right, it should end in S, however the word "Kollege" is a bit special, it's part of a category of nouns that we grammatically call "weak masculines" and which behave a bit differently from others, they end in N except in the nominative case, which is why you have: das Projekt des Kollegen.
Der Name is another "weak masculine" for example. Many masculine words ending in E, but not all of them.
It's a tricky concept that we'd only study in more advanced levels, meanwhile, just keep in mind sometimes you'll see different endings for some masculine nouns, like Kollege or Name.
Der Name is another "weak masculine" for example. Many masculine words ending in E, but not all of them.
It's a tricky concept that we'd only study in more advanced levels, meanwhile, just keep in mind sometimes you'll see different endings for some masculine nouns, like Kollege or Name.
