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The sum of all individual costs incurred for a project, purchase, or service. It refers to the complete financial expense.
Bitte erstellen Sie eine Schätzung der Gesamtkosten für die Renovierung.
Please prepare an estimate of the total costs for the renovation.
The word is a simple compound of 'gesamt' (total/whole) and 'Kosten' (costs). 'Gesamt' means 'total' or 'whole', so the word literally means the total costs.
Die Gesamtkosten des Projekts dürfen das Budget nicht überschreiten.
The total costs of the project must not exceed the budget.
'Gesamtkosten' is almost always used in the plural because it describes the sum of many individual cost items. The singular 'die Gesamtkoste' is very uncommon.
Wie hoch sind die Gesamtkosten für den Hausbau?
How high are the total costs for building the house?
Common verbs in connection with 'Gesamtkosten' are 'berechnen' (to calculate), 'schätzen' (to estimate), and 'sich belaufen auf' (to amount to), used to indicate the amount of the costs.
Die Gesamtkosten belaufen sich auf etwa 5.000 Euro.
The total costs amount to about 5,000 euros.
