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🪙 A Dutch coin 💸 A tiny amount
stuiver

stuiver

9.9
A small Dutch coin worth five cents before the euro
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : stuiver
  • In the 17th century, a loaf of bread cost just a few stuivers.

Examples

  • My father collected old coins, including several stuivers from his childhood in the Netherlands.

  • Many people remember the stuiver as an important part of daily transactions before the euro was introduced.

  • " Eight stuivers a day isn't such a lot of money.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

stiver
vsstuiver
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A small old coin from the Netherlands worth very little money

is the Dutch coin specifically worth five cents before the euro

Surface Forms

stuiver singular
stuivers plural

Etymology

Stuiver comes from Dutch and was the name of a small coin once used in the Netherlands worth 'five cents'. Think of it like a Dutch penny — a little coin for cheap everyday things.