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Unkosten

Learn a funny, quirky German word each week with DW's Word of the Week feature. This week: Unkosten.

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"My darling, I would incur un-expenses to buy you the most beautiful diamond ring in the world!" Direct translations are never quite right, especially they force you to imagine whether an "un-expensive" diamond ring would be very nice at all. Actually, Unkosten is not the opposite of Kosten (expenses), but the very same thing.