groschen

American  

[groh-shuhn] / ˈgroʊ ʃən /

noun

• groschen
  plural

1. a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a schilling.

2. a German 10-pfennig piece made of nickel.

3. any of the silver coins of various German regions first introduced in the 13th century.

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groschen British  

/ ˈɡrɔʃən, ˈɡrəʊʃən /

noun

1. a former Austrian monetary unit worth one hundredth of a schilling

2. a former German coin worth ten pfennigs

3. a former German silver coin

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• groschen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of groschen

First recorded in 1610–20; from German; Middle High German grosse, grosze, from Latin (denārius) grossus “thick (coin)”; akin to groat

Example Sentences

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groschen

It described how "1 groschen for bratwurst casings" was spent in the town of Arnstadt.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

So little promise did his early years give of his career as a reformer that, in 1392, he spent his last four groschen for an indulgence, when he had only dry crusts for food.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

"So much?" growled Herbert, counting out the money carefully by groschen and kreutzers.

From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern

He told me that he had found this groschen fourteen days before on the way to church; that he had asked his father to publish the discovery, and he himself had announced it in school.

From Pine Needles by Susan Warner

The new coin—the groschen, minted in imitation of the gros Tournois of France—made its first appearance in Bohemia in 1296, when its tale was 63 1⁄2 to the mark, 15 loth fine.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw