riksdaler

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish riksdaler.

Noun

riksdaler (plural riksdalers)

1. (historical) A unit of currency that was used in Sweden between 1777 and 1873.

See also

• rix-dollar

Swedish

Etymology

rike +‎ daler, used in Swedish since 1577 to describe the German currency.

Noun

riksdaler c

1. an older currency unit, in Germany from 1566, later adopted in Sweden, official between 1777 and 1873 (abbreviated Rdr, rdr r:dr, rdr.)

   Spara på styfvern, riksdalern sparar sig sjelf.

   Save the penny, the dollar will save itself.

   • 1786 January 12, Samuel Ödmann, edited by Henning Wijkmark, Samuel Ödmanns skrifter och brev‎^[1], published 1925, page 96:

     Tantus amor florum. Nog finnes utaf sådant i trägården, men Eder Mästare tager 1 Rdr 100det, och det har jag ej råd att gifva, då jag ändå torde få dupletter, ty jag har circa 500 utländska förråt.

     Tantus amor florum. There are enough of these in the garden, but Your Master take 1 Riksdal per 100th, and I cannot afford to give that, as I should still get duplicates, because I have about 500 foreign from before.

2. (colloquial) krona, crown; the current Swedish currency unit

Declension

Declension of riksdaler
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	riksdaler	riksdalern	riksdaler	riksdalerna
Genitive	riksdalers	riksdalerns	riksdalers	riksdalernas

Declension of riksdaler
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	riksdaler	riksdalern	riksdalrar	riksdalrarna
Genitive	riksdalers	riksdalerns	riksdalrars	riksdalrarnas

See also

• banko
• kopparmynt
• krona
• mark
• öre
• örtug
• riksgäld
• riksmynt
• runstycke
• silvermynt
• skilling
• specie
• styver

References

• riksdaler in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• riksdaler in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)