Dollar
English edit
Etymology edit
From Scottish Gaelic Dolair (in Scotland).
Proper noun edit
Dollar (plural Dollars)
- A small town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9698)
- An unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States.
- A former community in Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Markham.
- A surname.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From English dollar, from early modern Dutch daler (contemporary daalder), from Middle Low German daler, from early modern German Taler.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔlaʁ/, [ˈdɔlaʁ], [ˈdɔlaɐ̯] (prescriptive standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔlɐ/ (at least equally common)
Audio (file) - Homophone: doller (nonstandard)
Noun edit
Dollar m (strong, genitive Dollars or Dollar, plural Dollars or Dollar)
Usage notes edit
- The unchanged plural is used in all contexts. The plural Dollars is used alternatively when referring to dollar notes. It might also be used otherwise, referring to an amount of money, but this is rare and considered nonstandard.
Declension edit
Declension of Dollar [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Dollar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dollar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Dollar” in Duden online
- Dollar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de