riksdaler
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Swedish riksdaler.
Noun
[edit]riksdaler (plural riksdalers)
- (historical) A unit of currency that was used in Sweden between 1777 and 1873.
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[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]rike + daler, used in Swedish since 1577 to describe the German currency.
Noun
[edit]riksdaler c
- rixdollar; an older currency unit, in Germany from 1566, later adopted in Sweden, official between 1777 and 1873 (abbreviated Rdr, rdr r:dr, rdr.)
- Spara på styfvern, riksdalern sparar sig sjelf.
- Save the penny, the dollar will save itself.
- 1786 January 12, Samuel Ödmann, edited by Henning Wijkmark, Samuel Ödmanns skrifter och brev[1], published 1925, page 96:
- Tantus amor florum. Nog finnes utaf sådant i trägården, men Eder Mästare tager 1 Rdr 100det, och det har jag ej råd att gifva, då jag ändå torde få dupletter, ty jag har circa 500 utländska förråt.
- Tantus amor florum. There are enough of these in the garden, but Your Master take 1 Riksdal per 100th, and I cannot afford to give that, as I should still get duplicates, because I have about 500 foreign from before.
- 1815 August 9, N. S. Colliander, “Allmän Kungörelse [Publick Notice]”, in Wexiö Tidning, number 61, "R%3Adr" page 4:
- Till Gyllenpalmska Famillen hafva sedan sista redovisning influtit: En skärf från 2:ne Enkor till den fattiga famillen. Många bäckar små göra en stor å, 2 R:dr R:gd d. 17 Juli 1815.
- Unto the Family of Gyllenpalm hath since the last account been received: A small gift from two widows to the poor family. Many a little makes a mickle, 2 Rixdollars, the 17th of July, 1815.
- (literally, “Riksdaler Riksgäld”)
- (colloquial) krona, crown; the current Swedish currency unit
Declension
[edit]Declension of riksdaler
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | riksdaler | riksdalers |
definite | riksdalern | riksdalerns | |
plural | indefinite | riksdaler | riksdalers |
definite | riksdalerna | riksdalernas |
Declension of riksdaler
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