stiver

See also: Stiver

English

Etymology

From Dutch stuiver, cognate with Middle Low German stüver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪvə/

Noun

stiver (plural stivers)

1. (historical, money) A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
2. Anything of small value.
   • 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 4, Penguin, published 2003, page 223:

     ’Tis not worth a single stiver, said the bandy-leg'd drummer.

   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 16”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     [A]ll hands, including the captain, received certain shares of the profits called lays […] And though the 275th lay was what they call a rather long lay, yet it was better than nothing; and if we had a lucky voyage, might pretty nearly pay for the clothing I would wear out on it, not to speak of my three years' beef and board, for which I would not have to pay one stiver.

Translations

small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder

• Dutch: stuiver (nl) m
• Sranan Tongo: tibri (pre-decimal), feifisensi (decimal)
• Swedish: styver (sv) c

Anagrams

• Rivets, rivest, rivets, strive, tivers, verist

Danish

Noun

stiver c (singular definite stiveren, plural indefinite stivere)

1. brace, shore, prop
2. stanchion, pillar
3. rib, spoke
4. strut

Inflection

Declension of stiver

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stiver	stiveren	stivere	stiverne
genitive	stivers	stiverens	stiveres	stivernes