rijksdaalder
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
rijksdaalder (plural rijksdaalders)
- (historical) A Dutch coin worth 2 1⁄2 guilders.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From rijk + -s- + daalder, calque of German Reichstaler.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rijksdaalder m (plural rijksdaalders, diminutive rijksdaaldertje n)
- (historical) A Dutch coin worth 2 1⁄2 guilders. [from 1816]
- (historical, numismatics) A coin used until the decimalization of 1816 worth 50 stuivers rather than 30 (daalder). [from late 16th c.]
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: ryksdaalder
- → English: rix-dollar
- → West Frisian: ryksdaalder