riksdaler
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swedish riksdaler.
Noun
editriksdaler (plural riksdalers)
- (historical) A unit of currency that was used in Sweden between 1777 and 1873.
See also
editSwedish
editEtymology
editrike + daler, used in Swedish since 1577 to describe the German currency.
Noun
editriksdaler c
- an older currency unit, in Germany from 1566, later adopted in Sweden, official between 1777 and 1873 (abbreviated Rdr, rdr r:dr, rdr.)
- Spara på styfvern, riksdalern sparar sig sjelf.
- Save the penny, the dollar will save itself.
- 1786 January 12, Samuel Ödmann, edited by Henning Wijkmark, Samuel Ödmanns skrifter och brev[1], published 1925, page 96:
- Tantus amor florum. Nog finnes utaf sådant i trägården, men Eder Mästare tager 1 Rdr 100det, och det har jag ej råd att gifva, då jag ändå torde få dupletter, ty jag har circa 500 utländska förråt.
- Tantus amor florum. There are enough of these in the garden, but Your Master take 1 Riksdal per 100th, and I cannot afford to give that, as I should still get duplicates, because I have about 500 foreign from before.
- (colloquial) krona, crown; the current Swedish currency unit
Declension
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Nominative | riksdaler | riksdalern | riksdaler | riksdalerna |
Genitive | riksdalers | riksdalerns | riksdalers | riksdalernas |
Declension of riksdaler | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | riksdaler | riksdalern | riksdalrar | riksdalrarna |
Genitive | riksdalers | riksdalerns | riksdalrars | riksdalrarnas |
See also
editReferences
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- English terms borrowed from Swedish
- English terms derived from Swedish
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- Swedish common-gender nouns
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- sv:Currency