Mehrwertsteuer
German, noun/ˈmeːɐ̯veːɐ̯tʃtɔʏɐ/
Mehrwertsteuer is spelled M-E-H-R-W-E-R-T-S-T-E-U-E-R (14 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mehrwertsteuer is a German feminine noun meaning “value added tax (tax levied on added value of an exchange)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Umsatzsteuer mit Vorsteuerabzug, die ein leistendes Unternehmen auf seinen Kunden abwälzen darf”.
What does Mehrwertsteuer mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevalue added tax (tax levied on added value of an exchange)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Umsatzsteuer mit Vorsteuerabzug, die ein leistendes Unternehmen auf seinen Kunden abwälzen darf
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 Mehrwertsteuer
- Mehrwertsteuern plural
- MwSt. abbreviation
- MWS. abbreviation
- MWSt. abbreviation
- Mw-St. abbreviation
- MWST abbreviation Swiss Standard German
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mehrwertsteuer?
- /ˈmeːɐ̯veːɐ̯tʃtɔʏɐ/
- [ˈmeːɐ̯veːɐ̯tˌʃtɔɪ̯ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Mehrwertsteuer in German?
Mehrwertsteuer appears 3.2 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).