Dollar

See also: dollar and dollár

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Dolair (in Scotland)

Proper noun

Dollar (plural Dollars)

1. A small town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9698)
2. An unincorporated community in Coosa County, Alabama, United States.
3. A former community in Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Markham.
4. A surname.

Anagrams

• old ral

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German

Etymology

From English dollar, from early modern Dutch daler (contemporary daalder), from Middle Low German daler, from early modern German Taler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔlaʁ/, [ˈdɔlaʁ], [ˈdɔlaɐ̯] (prescriptive standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔlɐ/ (at least equally common)

• Audio

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• Homophone: doller (nonstandard)

Noun

Dollar m (strong, genitive Dollars or Dollar, plural Dollars or Dollar)

1. dollar

Declension

Declension of Dollar [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dollar	die	Dollars, Dollar
genitive	eines	des	Dollars, Dollar	der	Dollars, Dollar
dative	einem	dem	Dollar	den	Dollars, Dollar
accusative	einen	den	Dollar	die	Dollars, Dollar

Usage notes

• The unchanged plural is used in all contexts. The plural Dollars is used alternatively when referring to dollar notes. It might also be used otherwise, referring to an amount of money, but this is rare and considered nonstandard.

Derived terms

• Dollarmünze
• Dollarnote
• Dollarschein
• US-Dollar

Further reading

• “Dollar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Dollar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Dollar” in Duden online
• Dollar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de