name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
stiver
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/ˈstaɪvə/
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CMU ARPABET: S T AY1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: business, finance, money
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noun
Meaning 3
Anything of small value.
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History
Etymology
From Dutch stuiver, cognate with Middle Low German stüver.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: stuiver — small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder
- Finnish: styyveri — small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder
- Caribbean Javanese: binggel — small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder
- Sranan Tongo: tibri (pre-decimal) — small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder
- Sranan Tongo: feifisensi — small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder
- Swedish: styver — small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder