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Webster 1913 Edition


Rigsdaler


Rigs′daˊler

,
Noun.
[Dan. See
Rix-dollar
.]
A Danish coin worth about fifty-four cents. It was the former unit of value in Denmark.

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rigsdaler

rigsdaler

English

Noun

rigsdaler (plural rigsdalers)

  1. An obsolete unit of currency used in Denmark, Norway and Danish territories.
    1. The Danish rigsdaler, used in Denmark until 1873
    2. The Danish West Indian rigsdaler, used in the Danish West Indies until 1849
    3. The Greenlandic rigsdaler, used in Greenland until 1874
    4. The Norwegian rigsdaler, used in Denmark until 1873 and in Norway until 1816.

See also


Danish

Etymology

From German Reichstaler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /risdaːlər/, [ʁisˈd̥æːlɐ]

Noun

rigsdaler c (singular definite rigsdaleren, plural indefinite rigsdalere)

  1. rigsdaler
  2. a coin of one rigsdaler
  3. (an amount) plural indefinite of rigsdaler

Inflection