rigsdaler
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English
Noun
rigsdaler (plural rigsdalers)
- (historical) An obsolete unit of currency used in Denmark, Norway and Danish territories.
- The Danish rigsdaler, used in Denmark until 1873
- The Danish West Indian rigsdaler, used in the Danish West Indies until 1849
- The Greenlandic rigsdaler, used in Greenland until 1874
- The Norwegian rigsdaler, used in Denmark until 1873 and in Norway until 1816.
See also
Danish
Etymology
From rige (“kingdom”) + daler (“taler, an historical currency”). Calque of German Reichstaler.
Pronunciation
Noun
rigsdaler c (singular definite rigsdaleren, plural indefinite rigsdalere)
- rigsdaler
- a coin of one rigsdaler
- (an amount) indefinite plural of rigsdaler
Inflection
Declension of rigsdaler
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rigsdaler | rigsdaleren | rigsdalere | rigsdalerne |
| genitive | rigsdalers | rigsdalerens | rigsdaleres | rigsdalernes |