stiver

stiver

See also: Stiver

English

Etymology

From Dutch stuiver, cognate with Middle Low German stüver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪvə/

Noun

stiver (plural stivers)

1. (historical, money) A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
2. Anything of small value.
   • 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 4 (Penguin 2003, p. 223):

     ’Tis not worth a single stiver, said the bandy-leg'd drummer.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16

     [A]ll hands, including the captain, received certain shares of the profits called lays […] And though the 275th lay was what they call a rather long lay, yet it was better than nothing; and if we had a lucky voyage, might pretty nearly pay for the clothing I would wear out on it, not to speak of my three years' beef and board, for which I would not have to pay one stiver.

Translations

small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder

Dutch: stuiver (nl) m

Swedish: styver c

Anagrams

• Rivets, rivest, rivets, strive, tivers, verist

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Danish

Noun

stiver c (singular definite stiveren, plural indefinite stivere)

1. brace, shore, prop
2. stanchion, pillar
3. rib, spoke
4. strut

Inflection

Declension of stiver

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stiver	stiveren	stivere	stiverne
genitive	stivers	stiverens	stiveres	stivernes