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groschen
[groh-shuhn]
noun
plural
groschena zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a schilling.
a German 10-pfennig piece made of nickel.
any of the silver coins of various German regions first introduced in the 13th century.
groschen
/ ˈɡrɔʃən, ˈɡrəʊʃən /
noun
a former Austrian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a schilling
a former German coin worth ten pfennigs
a former German silver coin
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of groschen1
Example Sentences
So little promise did his early years give of his career as a reformer that, in 1392, he spent his last four groschen for an indulgence, when he had only dry crusts for food.
He had a groschen in his hand and a reading-book under his arm.
Graycloak brings me daily about nightfall a silver groschen, I know not from whom.
In the accompanying tables, therefore, the groschen is taken as most fairly averaging and widely current in the empire.
As they bore values in centimes, they were withdrawn as soon as "groschens" and "kreuzers" became generally current.
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