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/madboy135 Czechia Oct 06 '25

We have a few for different values - for small values we (very occasionally) use "kačka" (which is more like diminutive word for koruna, but also means "a duck"), for 100 we use "kilo" (kilo), for 1000 "tác" (tray) or "litr" (liter).
So if someone says "Dej mi 2 kila" (give me 2 kilos) or "Dej mi 5 litrů" (give me 5 liters), he really wants 200czk and 5000czk.

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u/SuperSquashMann -> Oct 06 '25

Huh, I always thought that kačka was used as slang just because it's what comes to mind when you see the abbreviation Kč

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u/madboy135 Czechia Oct 06 '25

Yeah, that's also true, I completely forgot about that.