collaboratie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French collaboration. The word became the primary label for collaboration with the Nazis during the Second World War and has been extremely pejorative ever since.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔ.laː.boːˈraː.(t)si/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: col‧la‧bo‧ra‧tie
• Rhymes: -aːtsi

Noun

collaboratie f (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) collaboration with the Nazis, fascists or another enemy; treason, traitorous collaboration [from WW II]
2. (dated) collaboration, co-operation [19th c.–early 1940s]

Synonyms

• samenwerking

Related terms

• collaborateur

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kolaborasi