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groschen

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several obsolete European silver coins.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

100 groschen equal 1 schilling in Austria

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Austrian monetary unit

History

Etymology

From German Groschen, from Middle High German grosse, from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus (“thick (penny)”).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: grosh — coin
  • Arabic: جروشن (grōš) — coin
  • Armenian: գրոշ (groš) — coin
  • Belarusian: грош (hroš) — coin
  • Bulgarian: грош (groš) — coin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 格羅申 /格罗申 (géluóshēn) — coin
  • Czech: groš — coin
  • Dutch: groot — coin
  • Esperanto: groŝo — coin
  • French: groschen — coin
  • Georgian: გროში (groši) — coin
  • German: Groschen — coin
  • Greek: γρόσι (grósi) — coin
  • Italian: grosso — coin
  • Japanese: グロシュ (guroshu) — coin
  • Korean: 그로시 (geurosi) — coin
  • Ladino: grosh — coin
  • Lithuanian: grašis — coin
  • Macedonian: грош (groš) — coin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: groschen — coin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: groschen — coin
  • Persian: گروش (geroš) — coin
  • Polish: grosz — coin
  • Russian: грош (groš) — coin
  • Serbo-Croatian: гро̏ш — coin
  • Serbo-Croatian: grȍš — coin
  • Slovak: groš — coin
  • Slovene: groš — coin
  • Swedish: groschen — coin
  • Ukrainian: грош (hroš) — coin
  • Yiddish: גראָשן (groshn) — coin