Beikost
German, noun[ˈbaɪ̯ˌkɔst]
Beikost is spelled B-E-I-K-O-S-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beikost is a German feminine noun meaning “baby food; non-liquid food that a baby receives” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Summe der Nahrungsmittel (Kost), die zusätzlich zu den Hauptnahrungsmitteln angeboten/verzehrt werden”.
What does Beikost mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebaby food; non-liquid food that a baby receives
- 2
femininesupplementary nourishment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Summe der Nahrungsmittel (Kost), die zusätzlich zu den Hauptnahrungsmitteln angeboten/verzehrt werden 2. erste feste Nahrung, die ein Baby zusätzlich zu Muttermilch und dem Fläschchen erhält
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Beikost?
- [ˈbaɪ̯ˌkɔst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Beikost in German?
Beikost appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).