Taler

See also: taler, tåler, and Täler

German

Alternative forms

Thaler (obsolete)

Etymology

Clipping of Joachimstaler, the name of a coin first minted in Joachimsthal, Bohemia around 1518, soon after the discovery of silver deposits there. Ultimately from Joachim + Thal (“valley”), now spelled Tal. Cognate to Low German Daler.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaːlɐ/
Audio: (file)

Noun

Taler m (strong, genitive Talers, plural Taler)

(numismatics) taler (former unit of currency)

Declension

Declension of Taler [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Taler	die	Taler
genitive	eines	des	Talers	der	Taler
dative	einem	dem	Taler	den	Talern
accusative	einen	den	Taler	die	Taler

Descendants

→ Amharic: ታላሪ (talari)
→ Arabic: تالر
→ Czech: tolar
→ Danish: daler (from Middle Low German or Low German)
→ English: thaler, taler
→ Spanish: tálero
→ Middle Low German: daler
- → Dutch: daalder, daelder (obsolete), daeler (obsolete), daler (historical, superseded)
  - Afrikaans: daalder
  - Negerhollands: daaler
  - → English: dollar (see there for further descendants)
  - → West Frisian: daalder
→ Italian: taller, tallero
- → Greek: τάλιρο (táliro)
→ Latin: thalerus (retaining archaic spelling)
→ Polish: talar
→ Romanian: taler
→ Russian: талер (taler)
→ Slovene: tolar
- → English: tolar
→ Swedish: daler
- → Finnish: taaleri