Kostenpunkt
[ˈkɔstn̩ˌpʊŋkt]
The verdict
“Kostenpunkt” is uncommon German (frequency #55,480 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,480
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - finanzieller Aspekt einer Angelegenheit (Auftrag, Kauf, Projekt, Vorhaben und dergleichen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-kostenpunkt · Kostenpunkt · German
Kostenpunkt · rank #55,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,480
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Krankenhausau…
Nearest frequency peer: Krankenhausaufenthalt (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kostenpunkt“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Korneuburg
Korneuburg
44,524 corpus weight
- Kornwestheim
Kornwestheim
44,523 corpus weight
- Kostenpunkt
Kostenpunkt
44,521 corpus weight
- Krankenhaus…
Krankenhausaufenthalt
44,520 corpus weight
- kreuzten
kreuzten
44,519 corpus weight
- Kriminologie
Kriminologie
44,518 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kostenpunkt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kostenpunkt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɔstn̩ˌpʊŋkt] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #55,480 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kostenpunkt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kostenpunkt is uncommon German at frequency #55,480 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɔstn̩ˌpʊŋkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "finanzieller Aspekt einer Angelegenheit (Auftrag, Kauf, Projekt, Vorhaben und dergleichen)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Kostenpunkt in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Kostenpunkt, spelled K-O-S-T-E-N-P-U-N-K-T.
Definition
- 1finanzieller Aspekt einer Angelegenheit (Auftrag, Kauf, Projekt, Vorhaben und dergleichen)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kostenpunkt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Reifen, die Filze, der Stoff für die Sattelbezüge: Auf 17 Euro pro Laufrad summieren sich die vielen kleinen Kostenpunkte.
Auf diese Weise soll verhindert werden, dass Einkommenserhöhungen durch höhere Steuern aufgezehrt werden. Kostenpunkt: 9 Milliarden Euro in zwei Jahren.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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