Swedish noun

en bekostnad

expense

Meaning

expense

In Swedish: omkostnad, räkning

Forms

Forms of bekostnad
Singular, indefinite	en bekostnad
Singular, definite	bekostnaden

bekostnad is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor bekostnad, den stora bekostnaden. Check another noun

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Is it en bekostnad or ett bekostnad?

bekostnad in a sentence

roa sig på någons bekostnad
amuse oneself at someone else's expense
på någons bekostnad
at someone's expense

Questions

What does bekostnad mean in English?

bekostnad means “expense”.

Is it en bekostnad or ett bekostnad?

It is en bekostnad, and “the expense” is bekostnaden.

Origin

bekosta + -nad

Nearby common words

bekostnad is number 6,620 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,616nasse pig
6,617magkänsla gut feeling, gut
6,618genomgång review, survey
6,619spets point, lace
6,621introducera introduce
6,622vårdslös careless
6,623tornado a larger tornado (especially in the US)
6,624avslå decline, reject

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary