Mühe kosten

to cost effort

Türkçe: emek istemek

Noun

Mühe f.

Verb

kosten

Topic

Arbeit und Beruf

In a sentence

Die Reparatur des alten Autos kostet ihn viel Mühe.

How it is used

Means 'to cost effort' — a task requiring significant exertion. Neutral, used to describe challenging activities. Nuance: implies the effort is noticeable or burdensome, not trivial.

Other verbs that go with Mühe

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• sich Mühe gebento make an effort
• Mühe in etw. steckento put effort into something
• Mühe bereiten / machento cause trouble/extra work

All collocations with Mühe

Other collocations built on kosten

• Zeit kostento take time