kostbar
German, adjective/ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯/
kostbar is spelled K-O-S-T-B-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kostbar is a German adjective meaning “precious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das ideell oder real sehr wertvoll oder teuer ist”.
What does kostbar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
precious
- 2
sumptuous, magnificent, luxurious, splendid
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. etwas, das ideell oder real sehr wertvoll oder teuer ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kostbar
- kostbarer masculine nominative singular
- am kostbarsten superlative
- kostbare feminine nominative singular
- kostbares neuter nominative singular
- kostbaren genitive masculine singular
- kostbarem dative masculine singular
- der kostbare definite includes-article masculine
- die kostbare definite feminine includes-article
- das kostbare definite includes-article neuter
- die kostbaren definite includes-article nominative
- des kostbaren definite genitive includes-article
- der kostbaren definite feminine genitive
- dem kostbaren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kostbar?
- /ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯/
- [ˈkɔstbaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kostbar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kostbar in German?
kostbar appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).