Lebenshaltungskosten
German, noun/ˈleːbn̩shaltʊŋsˌkɔstn̩/
Lebenshaltungskosten is spelled L-E-B-E-N-S-H-A-L-T-U-N-G-S-K-O-S-T-E-N (20 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lebenshaltungskosten is a German noun meaning “cost of living” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “finanzielle Ausgaben oder Aufwendungen, die man aufbringt, um sein Leben zu führen”.
What does Lebenshaltungskosten mean in English?
noun
- 1
cost of living
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. finanzielle Ausgaben oder Aufwendungen, die man aufbringt, um sein Leben zu führen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Lebenshaltungskosten?
- /ˈleːbn̩shaltʊŋsˌkɔstn̩/
- /ˈleːbm̩̩shaltʊŋsˌkɔstn̩/
- [ˈleːbn̩shaltʊŋsˌkɔstn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lebenshaltungskosten in German?
Lebenshaltungskosten appears 1.0 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).