Unkosten
German, noun/ˈʊnˌkɔstən/
Unkosten is spelled U-N-K-O-S-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Unkosten is a German noun meaning “side costs that must be added to the estimated main costs or deduced from a profit; costs that only indirectly serve the purpose of the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unvorhergesehene, hohe Kosten; teilweise, aber kaufmännisch ungenaues Synonym für Kosten”.
What does Unkosten mean in English?
noun
- 1
side costs that must be added to the estimated main costs or deduced from a profit; costs that only indirectly serve the purpose of the undertaking; overhead
Zum eigentlichen Kaufpreis kommen noch verschiedene Unkosten für Makler, Notar usw.
- 2
synonym of Spesen (“expenses, e.g. on a business trip”)
Die teuren Preise am Flughafen sind mir egal, weil ich das bei der Firma als Unkosten einreichen kann.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unvorhergesehene, hohe Kosten; teilweise, aber kaufmännisch ungenaues Synonym für Kosten
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 Unkosten?
- /ˈʊnˌkɔstən/
- [ˈʔʊnˌkɔs.tn̩]
- [ˈʔʊŋ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Unkosten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Unkosten in German?
Unkosten appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).