thaler

Meaning

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.
2. (historical) The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.

Translations

Taler

daalder

thaler

tallero

escudo

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɑːləɹ/

Etymology

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 tolar.