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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several obsolete European silver coins.

   "[…]old women are seeking to earn a few groschen by carrying home the purchases of buyers,[…]"

2. 2
   100 groschen equal 1 schilling in Austria wordnet

Example

More examples

"The groschen was a German currency."

Etymology

From German Groschen, from Middle High German grosse, from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus (“thick (penny)”).

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