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rappen

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rap⋅pen

[rah-puhn]
–noun, plural rap⋅pen.
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime.

Origin:
1830–40; < Swiss G; late MHG rappen a type of coin first minted in Alsace, lit., raven (a jocular reference to the eagle on the coin), declensional var. of MHG rappe, a by-form of raben, OHG hraban; see raven 1
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