teuer
German, adjective/tɔʏ̯ɐ/
teuer is spelled T-E-U-E-R (5 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written German, the 2,246th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teuer is a German adjective meaning “expensive, dear (high in price)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen hohen Preis oder hohe Kosten aufweisend oder verursachend”.
What does teuer mean in English?
adjective
- 1
expensive, dear (high in price)
Dieses Auto ist mir zu teuer.
- 2
dear (precious, valued)
Meine teuren Freunde!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. einen hohen Preis oder hohe Kosten aufweisend oder verursachend 2. geliebt, von persönlichem Wert
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 teuer
- teurer masculine nominative singular
- am teuersten superlative
- teure feminine nominative singular
- teures neuter nominative singular
- teuren genitive masculine singular
- teurem dative masculine singular
- der teure definite includes-article masculine
- die teure definite feminine includes-article
- das teure definite includes-article neuter
- die teuren definite includes-article nominative
- des teuren definite genitive includes-article
- der teuren definite feminine genitive
- dem teuren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce teuer?
- /tɔʏ̯ɐ/
- [ˈtɔɪ̯ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to teuer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is teuer in German?
teuer appears 37 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).