Definition
Amounts of money that must be paid or spent for something.
Translations
- English
- costs
- Français
- coûts
- Türkçe
- masraflar
- Polski
- koszty
- Русский
- расходы
- Українська
- витрати
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Kosten
- A2
- Noun
- Shopping & Money
- Numbers & Measurements
costs
/ˈkɔstn̩/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- —
- Plural
- Kosten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Shopping & MoneyPrimaryNumbers & Measurements
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Kosten für die Reise sind gestiegen.NominativPlur.The cost of the trip has increased.
- Die Firma übernimmt alle Kosten.AkkusativPlur.The company covers all costs.
- Bei den Kosten müssen wir sparen.DativPlur.We need to save on costs.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
-
Lemma
Kosten/ˈkɔstn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | — | die Kosten |
| Akkusativ | — | die Kosten |
| Dativ | — | den Kosten |
| Genitiv | — | der Kosten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- CollocationKosten tragen
- CollocationKosten senken
- Adjective combinationhohe Kosten
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word