der Unterhalt

B2 Noun frequency rank #5,258

What Unterhalt means

Noun

alimony, child support, maintenance (court-enforced allowance)
upkeep, maintenance (cost of supporting a person or keeping something running)

Forms

der Unterhalt · no common plural

Pronunciation

Unterhalt in a sentence

Er zahlt Unterhalt für seine beiden Kinder.

He pays child support for his two children.

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Unterhalt is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #5,258 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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