Dollar
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English
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic Dolair (in Scotland).
Proper noun
Dollar (plural Dollars)
- A small town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9698)
- An unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States.
- A former community in Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Markham.
- A surname.
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From English dollar, from early modern Dutch daler (contemporary daalder), from Middle Low German daler, from early modern German Taler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔlaʁ/, , (prescriptive standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔlɐ/ (at least equally common)
Audio: (file) - Homophone: doller (nonstandard)
Noun
Dollar m (strong, genitive Dollars or Dollar, plural Dollars or Dollar)
Usage notes
- The unchanged plural is used in all contexts. The plural Dollars is used alternatively when referring to dollar notes. It might also be used otherwise, referring to an amount of money, but this is rare and considered nonstandard.
Declension
Declension of Dollar
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Dollar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dollar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Dollar” in Duden online
Dollar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
