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thaler

/ˈtɑːləɹ//ˈteɪlə/

thaler noun: a monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.

thaler: a monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as...
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Noun

thaler (plural thalers or thaler)

  1. (historical) A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.
    • [I]n exchange for the 350,000 thaler paid to his royal cousin, the sly Prussian Prince received the Polish territories of Nordhausen, Petersberg, and Quedlinburg, […] Frederick favored neither suggestion and decided to add another 100,000 thaler to the 350,000 paid to August II. of Saxony; […]1917 May 27, Lucius Verus, “Austria's Long Hatred of the German Bridle; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2025
  2. (historical) The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.

Proper noun capitalized: Thaler

Thaler (plural Thalers)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of thaler

Noun
pluralthalers
pluralthaler
alternative formtaler
Proper noun
pluralThalers

Origin of thaler

Borrowed from German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518. Doublet of dollar and tolar.

Borrowed from Austrian German Thaler.

Words that rhyme with thaler

Questions about thaler

What does thaler mean?
Thaler means a monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.
What part of speech is thaler?
Thaler can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce thaler?
Thaler is pronounced /ˈtɑːləɹ/.
What is the plural of thaler?
The plural of thaler is thalers.

Words near thaler in the dictionary

  1. thalattosuchians
  2. Thalbergian
  3. thalcusite
  4. thale cress
  5. thale cresses
  6. thaler
  7. thalerophagous
  8. thalers
  9. Thales
  10. Thales's theorem
  11. Thalesian

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