groschen

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noun

Any of several obsolete European silver coins.

OriginGerman Groschen ← Middle High German grosse ← Medieval Latin (denarius) →
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Meanings

noungroschen (plural groschens or groschen)

plural groschens

  1. hobbiesAny of several obsolete European silver coins.

    […]old women are seeking to earn a few groschen by carrying home the purchases of buyers,[…]

    1884 Christmas, Mrs. Alexander [pen name; Anne French Hector], “Mrs. Vereker’s Courier Maid”, in The Gentleman’s Annual, chapter III, page 75

Origin

  1. Medieval Latin(denarius)
  2. Middle High Germangrosse
  3. GermanGroschen
  4. Englishgroschen

From German Groschen, from Middle High German grosse, from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus (“thick (penny)”).

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Translations

Arabic جروشن
  • جروشن (grōš)coin
Bulgarian грош
  • грош (groš)coin
Chinese Mandarin 格羅申 /格罗申
  • 格羅申 /格罗申 (géluóshēn)coin
Czech groš
  • grošcoin
Dutch groot
  • grootcoin
Esperanto groŝo
  • groŝocoin
French groschen
  • groschencoin
German Groschen
  • Groschencoin
Greek γρόσι
  • γρόσι (grósi)coin
Italian grosso
  • grossocoin
Japanese グロシュ
  • グロシュ (guroshu)coin
Korean 그로시
  • 그로시 (geurosi)coin
Lithuanian grašis
  • grašiscoin
Norwegian Bokmål groschen
  • groschencoin
Persian گروش
  • گروش (geroš)coin
Polish grosz
  • groszcoin
Russian грош
  • грош (groš)coin
Slovak groš
  • grošcoin
Swedish groschen
  • groschencoin
Ukrainian грош
  • грош (hroš)coin
Yiddish גראָשן
  • גראָשן (groshn)coin
Cite this entry
APA

groschen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groschen

MLA

“groschen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groschen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “groschen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groschen.

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