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heitje.

a coin with the denomination of 25 guilder cents

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɦɛi̯tjə/
  1. a coin with the denomination of 25 guilder cents

    Netherlands · neuter
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Yiddish ה (hey) + -tje, from Hebrew ה, the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The kwartje had a value of five stuivers (each stuiver being worth 5 cents, for a total of 25 cents per kwartje). Compare the obsolete vijfje for the same coin.

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