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Dictionary translations for "auf Kosten"

auf Kosten preposition

at the expenses of (+ Gen.)

at smb's expense (Pers.)

Phrases with "auf Kosten" (1)

auf Kosten herum - at the expenses of

Contexts with "auf kosten"

Erwirb kein Reichtum auf Kosten deines Gewissens. Don't obtain wealth at the expense of your conscience.

Er rettete den Jungen vor dem Ertrinken, aber nur auf Kosten seines eigenen Lebens. He saved the boy from drowning, but only at the cost of his own life.

Er machte es auf Kosten seiner Gesundheit. He did it at the expense of his health.

Er wurde zu einem brillanten Gelehrten, aber dies auf Kosten seiner Gesundheit. He became a brilliant scholar but only at the expense of his health.

Die Schlacht wurde auf Kosten vieler Menschenleben gewonnen. The battle was won at the price of many lives.

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