Opportunitätskosten
German, noun/ɔpɔʁtuniˈtɛːt͡sˌkɔstən/
Opportunitätskosten is spelled O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-I-T-Ä-T-S-K-O-S-T-E-N (19 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opportunitätskosten is a German noun meaning “opportunity cost(s)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der entgangene Nutzen, der bei mehreren Alternativen durch die Entscheidung für die eine und gegen die…”.
What does Opportunitätskosten mean in English?
noun
- 1
opportunity cost(s)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der entgangene Nutzen, der bei mehreren Alternativen durch die Entscheidung für die eine und gegen die anderen Möglichkeiten entsteht
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 Opportunitätskosten?
- /ɔpɔʁtuniˈtɛːt͡sˌkɔstən/
- /-ˈteːt͡s-/
- [ɔpɔʁtuniˈtɛːt͡sˌkɔstən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Opportunitätskosten in German?
Opportunitätskosten appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).