omkostning
Danish
Etymology
Mixed up from older New Danish kostning, derived from koste (“have a price”), and older New Danish omkost (“expense”), transformed from German Unkosten (“costs”), actually 'bad expenses'.
Noun
omkostning c (singular definite omkostningen, plural indefinite omkostninger)
- costs (expense incurred or necessary to operate or carry out a particular business)
- disadvantage, loss, or sacrifice that is the unpleasant consequence of something
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | omkostning | omkostningen | omkostninger | omkostningerne |
| genitive | omkostnings | omkostningens | omkostningers | omkostningernes |