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Der Kaffee kostet drei Euro. The coffee costs three euros.

verb · A1

kosten

[ˈkɔstn̩]

to cost

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es kostet What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es kostete The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gekostet The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

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Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich kostekostetehabe gekostet
du kostestkostetesthast gekostet
er/sie/es kostetkostetehat gekostet
wir kostenkostetenhaben gekostet
ihr kostetkostetethabt gekostet
sie/Sie kostenkostetenhaben gekostet
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gekostetwerde kostenwerde gekostet haben
du hattest gekostetwirst kostenwirst gekostet haben
er/sie/es hatte gekostetwird kostenwird gekostet haben
wir hatten gekostetwerden kostenwerden gekostet haben
ihr hattet gekostetwerdet kostenwerdet gekostet haben
sie/Sie hatten gekostetwerden kostenwerden gekostet haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich kostete
du kostetest
er/sie/es kostete
wir kosteten
ihr kostetet
sie/Sie kosteten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde kosten.

Person Imperativ
du koste!
ihr kostet!
Sie kosten Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

In Otti's situations: Otti orders a coffee

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