Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thaler

/ˈteɪlɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: thaler
IPA: /ˈteɪlɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.

noun

The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.

name

A surname from German.

Example Sentences

"[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; […]"

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Thaler

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈteɪlɚ/
British English: /ˈteɪlə/

Inflected Forms

thalers (plural) taler (alternative)

Homonyms

taylor tailor

Rhymes With

taylor trailer sailor tailor baylor mailer scalar inhaler naylor jailer whaler saylor

Questions

How do you pronounce thaler?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈteɪlɚ/.
What does thaler mean?: A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.
Where does thaler come from?: It is traced to German.

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