- Kost
- f; -, kein Pl. food; lit. und fig. fare; (Verpflegung) board; magere Kost a low-fat diet; fig. a meag|re (Am. -er) offering; leichte Kost light food; auch fig. light fare; (Lektüre) light reading; das Buch etc. ist schwere Kost fig. the book etc. is heavy-going; geistige Kost intellectual nourishment; Logis* * *die Kostfood; fare; board; boarding* * *Kọst [kɔst]f -,no pl1) (= Nahrung, Essen) food, fare
vegetarische/fleischlose Kost — vegetarian/meatless diet
geistige Kost (fig) — intellectual fare
leichte/schwere Kost (fig) — easy/heavy going, heavy stuff (inf)
2) (dated = Beköstigung) boardjdn in Kost nehmen — to take sb as a boarder
* * *Kost<->[kɔst]f kein pl foodjdn in \Kost geben to board sb outjdn in \Kost nehmen to board sb, to take sb as a boarder[freie] \Kost und Logis [free] board and lodginggeistige \Kost intellectual fareleichte \Kost light farereichliche \Kost plentiful dietschmale \Kost meagre [or AM -er] fare* * *die; Kost foodgeistige Kost — (fig.) intellectual nourishment
leichte/schwere Kost — (fig.) easy/heavy going
Kost und Logis — board and lodging
* * *magere Kost a low-fat diet; fig a meagre (US -er) offering;das Buch etcist schwere Kost fig the book etc is heavy-going;geistige Kost intellectual nourishment; → Logis* * *die; Kost foodgeistige Kost — (fig.) intellectual nourishment
leichte/schwere Kost — (fig.) easy/heavy going
Kost und Logis — board and lodging
* * *nur sing. f.fare (food) n.food n.nourishment n.
Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch. 2013.