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groschen

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gro⋅schen

  [groh-shuhn]
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–noun, plural -schen.
1. a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria, the 100th part of a schilling.
2. a German 10-pfennig piece made of nickel.
3. any of the silver coins of various German regions first introduced in the 13th century.
Origin:
1610–20; < G; MHG grosse, grosze < L (denārius) grossus thick (coin); akin to groat
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groschen 
1617, small silver coin formerly used in Germany and Austria, from Ger. dim. of Czech groš, name of a coin (about one-thirtieth of a thaler), from M.L. (denarius) grossus, lit. "a thick coin," from L. grossus "thick" (see gross).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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