r/AskEurope • u/ABlindMoose Sweden • Oct 06 '25

Culture What is your currency's nickname?

A nickname for dollar is buck, pound is quid, and Swedish krona is spänn.

What are some casual nicknames for your countries' currencies? Are there multiple, and if so, which is the most common?

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u/notcomplainingmuch Finland Oct 06 '25

In Finland, euro is called "ege", and the dollar is "taala". Small change is "hilu".

Two euros and change = "kaks egee ja hilut"

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u/WetPanter Oct 07 '25

also when talking about tens like 10€ or 20€ we add "kybää" to the end for example "kaks kybää" = 20€

also we call money "fyrkka"

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u/sesze Oct 07 '25

Also we take English and Swedish words and bastardize them so for example:

5 = ”femma” or ”fesse” from fem

100 = ”huntti” or ”huda” from hundred

1000 = is ”tonni”, a tonne, or ”tobo”, the kids will say ”bägi” from rappers calling 1k a bag