kostenlos
German, adjective/ˈkɔstn̩loːs/
kostenlos is spelled K-O-S-T-E-N-L-O-S (9 letters) and appears 56 times per million words in written German, the 1,516th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kostenlos is a German adjective meaning “without cost, free” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht mit Kosten verbunden”.
What does kostenlos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
without cost, free
Der Eintritt ist kostenlos.
adverb
- 1
for free, free of charge
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht mit Kosten verbunden
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 kostenlos
- kostenloser masculine nominative singular
- kostenlose feminine nominative singular
- kostenloses neuter nominative singular
- kostenlosen genitive masculine singular
- kostenlosem dative masculine singular
- der kostenlose definite includes-article masculine
- die kostenlose definite feminine includes-article
- das kostenlose definite includes-article neuter
- die kostenlosen definite includes-article nominative
- des kostenlosen definite genitive includes-article
- der kostenlosen definite feminine genitive
- dem kostenlosen dative definite includes-article
- den kostenlosen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kostenlos?
- /ˈkɔstn̩loːs/
- [ˈkɔstn̩loːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kostenlos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kostenlos in German?
kostenlos appears 56 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).