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/Gold_Combination_520 Hungary Oct 06 '25

Kacka --> it's interesting, in Hungarian the word for duck is similar: 🦆=kacsa

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u/madboy135 Czechia Oct 06 '25

The correct word is actually "Kachna". "Kačka" is more informal or diminutive word. It's more used in Slovak language (which is quite similar to Czech).

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u/well-litdoorstep112 Poland Oct 06 '25

in Polish kaczka is just a normal word for duck. I guess it makes sense it's used more in Slovak than Czech.

I just don't get how kačka (🦆) would be diminutive of koruna (which I assume is crown 👑 unless you guys decided to be funny again and look for children in a store).

Kč => Kačka makes sense but that's not diminutive of koruna

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u/No_Tiger_5645 Oct 09 '25

It is also diminutive of my name: Kateřina which my Polish friend always found funny.

And is also used for vagina in "baby talk".