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• kreutzer
  kreutzer

  noun

  any of various former minor coins issued by German states.
• Kreutzer
  Kreutzer

  noun

  Rodolphe 1766–1831, French violinist.

kreutzer

¹ American  

[kroit-ser] / ˈkrɔɪt sər /

noun

1. any of various former minor coins issued by German states.

2. a former copper coin of Austria, one 100th of a florin.

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Kreutzer ² American  

[kroit-ser, krœ-tser] / ˈkrɔɪt sər, krœˈtsɛr /

noun

1. Rodolphe 1766–1831, French violinist.

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kreutzer British  

/ ˈkrɔɪtsə /

noun

1. any of various former copper and silver coins of Germany or Austria

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Etymology

Origin of kreutzer

First recorded in 1540–50; from German Kreuzer, equivalent to Kreuz “cross” (originally the device on the coin; see cross) + -er noun suffix ( see -er ¹)

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Example Sentences

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Despite the proverbial Prussian economy, every hand sought its pocket and drawing forth a kreutzer, proceeded to exchange it for the square bit of paper containing the long-desired news.

From The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas

From this decision the Emperor stood apart, with Bavaria and Salzburg, in putting the Reichs thaler at 96 kreutzer.

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

Indeed, on one occasion, when he received a larger sum than usual, he drove up in a carriage with two comrades, and the three were not content until the last kreutzer had been spent.

From Waldfried A Novel by Berthold Auerbach

The price is never increased or diminished by less than half a kreutzer, or two pfennigs, that is, one-third of a cent, per mass.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 by Various

"You needn't tell everything to the last kreutzer," said he.

From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach

Old models that focus on traditional financial engineering and rapid growth strategies are no longer sufficient, my colleague Laura Kreutzer reports for WSJ Pro Private Equity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

What’s more, Kreutzer and Krieps seem to buy into a tired conceit whereby self-annihilation becomes a trope for liberation and, heaven help us, “agency.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023

Krieps also won for her performance at the European Film Awards, where the movie was nominated for best European film and Kreutzer was nominated for directing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022

The director, Marie Kreutzer, kept the cameras rolling as she sometimes does and suddenly Krieps was crying.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

Indeed, one of the books found in the bus with his remains was a collection of stories that included Tolstoy’s "The Kreutzer Sonata,” in which the nobleman-turned-ascetic denounces "the demands of the flesh.”

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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