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thaler¹
- /ˈtɑːləɹ/
Rhymes with -ɑːlə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun thalers · thaler · taler
- 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; […]
- The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.
Thaler²
- /ˈteɪlə/ UK
- /ˈteɪlɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈtæɪlə/ Australia, New Zealand
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Austrian German Thaler.
proper noun Thalers
- A surname from German.
Translations
Talk about this word "thaler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thaler. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thaler. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thaler "thaler." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thaler.Cite this
@misc{thaler_2026,
title = {thaler},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thaler},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
