Meanings
thaler1
plural thalers · alternative taler
- historicalhobbiesA monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.
[I]n exchange for the 350,000 thaler paid to his royal cousin, the sly Prussian Prince received the Polish territories of Nordhausen, Petersberg, and Quedlinburg, […] Frederick favored neither suggestion and decided to add another 100,000 thaler to the 350,000 paid to August II. of Saxony; […]
1917 May 27, Lucius Verus, “Austria's Long Hatred of the German Bridle; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2025
Thaler2
Origin
thaler · noun
- GermanThaler
- Englishthaler
Borrowed from German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518. Doublet of dollar and tolar.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Thaler · proper noun
- GermanThaler
- EnglishThaler
Borrowed from Austrian German Thaler.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian та́лер
- та́лер (táler)historical monetary unit
Czech tolar
- tolarhistorical monetary unit
Danish daler
- dalerhistorical monetary unit
Dutch daalder
- daalderhistorical monetary unit
Esperanto talero
- talerohistorical monetary unit
Estonian taaler
- taalerhistorical monetary unit
Finnish taaleri, taaleri
- taalerihistorical monetary unit
- taalerihistorical currency of Baden
German Taler
- Talerhistorical monetary unit
Hungarian tallér
- tallérhistorical monetary unit
Italian tallero
- tallerohistorical monetary unit
Japanese ターラー
- ターラー (tārā)historical monetary unit
Korean 탈러
- 탈러 (talleo)historical monetary unit
Latin thalerus
- thalerushistorical monetary unit
Latvian dālderis
- dālderishistorical monetary unit
Norwegian daler
- dalerhistorical monetary unit
Polish talar
- talarhistorical monetary unit
Portuguese táler
- tálerhistorical monetary unit
Russian та́лер
- та́лер (táler)historical monetary unit
Spanish tálero, táller
- tálerohistorical monetary unit
- tállerhistorical monetary unit
Swedish daler
- dalerhistorical monetary unit
Ukrainian та́лер, та́ляр
- та́лер (táler)historical monetary unit
- та́ляр (táljar)historical monetary unit
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thaler
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Cite this entry
thaler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thaler
“thaler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thaler. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thaler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thaler.
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