kreutzer
noun
any of various former minor coins issued by German states.
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kreutzer
1 American
[kroit-ser]
/ ˈkrɔɪt sər /
noun
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any of various former minor coins issued by German states.
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a former copper coin of Austria, one 100th of a florin.
Kreutzer
2
American
[kroit-ser, kr œ -tser]
/ ˈkrɔɪt sər, krœˈtsɛr /
noun
kreutzer
British
/ ˈkrɔɪtsə /
noun
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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As he stood on the bridge so dreaming a hand clutched him and a voice said, "A whole kreutzer, or you do not pass."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 by Various
"Find out the price of ch-chickens, and always buy them a kreutzer cheaper than she has done."
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
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
"And I cannot go back to the 'Lame Cow' for I have not a kreutzer left in my wallet wherewith to pay for a sip."
From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Perhaps its former occupant had gambled away his last kreutzer and left the room.
From Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania by Percy Favor Bicknell
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
Some have compared it to Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette,” though, as one person told Kreutzer, “less ironic.”
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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