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kreuzer
 
SYLLABICATION:kreu·zer
PRONUNCIATION:  kroitsr
VARIANT FORMS: or kreut·zer
NOUN: Any of several small coins of low value formerly used in Austria and Germany.
ETYMOLOGY:German, from Middle High German kriuzer, from kriuze, cross (from their having originally been stamped with a cross), from Old High German krzi, from Latin crux, cruc-.
 
 
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