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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.
total sum
'Gesamtkosten' and 'Gesamtsumme' both mean an amount that results from several individual amounts. The difference is the context. 'Gesamtkosten' is used when talking about expenses, that is, the money you have to pay for a project, a purchase, or a service. 'Gesamtsumme' is more general: it is simply the result of an addition. That can be an invoice, but also the total donations collected or an amount on a list. The words can be confused on invoices, because both may fit there. If you want to emphasize what something costs in total, 'Gesamtkosten' is more precise. If you only mean the final amount after adding things up, 'Gesamtsumme' fits.
Vor dem Umbau möchte der Kunde die Gesamtkosten genau kennen.
Before the renovation, the customer wants to know the total costs exactly.
Am Ende der Spendenaktion stand eine Gesamtsumme von 3.000 Euro auf der Liste.
At the end of the fundraising campaign, a total sum of 3,000 euros appeared on the list.