kwartje

[ kwahr-chuh, -tyuh ]
/ ˈkwɑr tʃə, -tyə /

noun

a silver 25-cent piece of the Netherlands.

QUIZZES

HEED THE VOX POPULI, AND TAKE THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!
Question 1 of 7
anchorite
a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of kwartje

< Dutch < Latin quartārius; see quarter

Words nearby kwartje

kwantung leased territory, kwanza, kwanzaa, kwanzaa or kwanza, kwara, kwartje, kwashiorkor, kwazulu, kwazulu-natal, kwaśniewski, kwedien
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for kwartje

  • A kwartje is a small silver coin worth one quarter of a guilder, or 10 cents in American currency.

    Hans Brinker|Mary Mapes Dodge