Betriebsaufwand
German, noun[bəˈtʁiːpsˌaʊ̯fvant]
Betriebsaufwand is spelled B-E-T-R-I-E-B-S-A-U-F-W-A-N-D (15 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betriebsaufwand is a German masculine noun meaning “operating expense, operating expenditure (all costs incurred through the regular operation of a business, excluding interest and taxes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Betriebsaufwand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoperating expense, operating expenditure (all costs incurred through the regular operation of a business, excluding interest and taxes)
Durch Prozessoptimierung konnte der jährliche Betriebsaufwand um zehn Prozent gesenkt werden.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Betriebsaufwand
- Betriebsaufwands genitive
- Betriebsaufwande plural
- Betriebsaufwanden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Betriebsaufwand?
- [bəˈtʁiːpsˌaʊ̯fvant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Betriebsaufwand in German?
Betriebsaufwand appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).