kostspielig
German, adjective/ˈkɔstˌʃpiːlɪç/
kostspielig is spelled K-O-S-T-S-P-I-E-L-I-G (11 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kostspielig is a German adjective meaning “costly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “viele Kosten verursachend; viel Geld kostend”.
What does kostspielig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
costly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. viele Kosten verursachend; viel Geld kostend
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 kostspielig
- kostspieliger masculine nominative singular
- am kostspieligsten superlative
- kostspielige feminine nominative singular
- kostspieliges neuter nominative singular
- kostspieligen genitive masculine singular
- kostspieligem dative masculine singular
- der kostspielige definite includes-article masculine
- die kostspielige definite feminine includes-article
- das kostspielige definite includes-article neuter
- die kostspieligen definite includes-article nominative
- des kostspieligen definite genitive includes-article
- der kostspieligen definite feminine genitive
- dem kostspieligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kostspielig?
- /ˈkɔstˌʃpiːlɪç/
- /ˈkɔstˌʃpiːlɪk/
- [ˈkɔstˌʃpiːlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kostspielig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kostspielig in German?
kostspielig appears 1.2 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).