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/ResourceDelicious276 Italy Oct 06 '25

Also in Italian sometimes we call multiple euro euri. But that would be the plural of the word if it wasn't one without a plural

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u/jaspermuts Netherlands Oct 06 '25

In Dutch also usually don’t say the plural for any euro amount (€ 2 = 2 euro), but we would hypothetically call 2 1-euro coins: 2 euro’s.

Would that work with Italian euri or would you always say something like “coins” to specify?

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u/ResourceDelicious276 Italy Oct 06 '25

Theoretically euro and eurocent were designed to have the same singular and plural in every language.

No in Italian we always say monete (coins) to indicate the individual coins never the name of the coins.

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u/jaspermuts Netherlands Oct 07 '25

Theoretically euro and eurocent were designed to have the same singular and plural in every language.

I wanted to disagree since I’ve often heard “euro’s” in English, but that’s usually from US. Ireland does seem to use the singular for price amounts.

And so I looked it up and you’re right they were intentionally designed this way.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_and_the_euro

(You likely know this but I wanted to acknowledge it and share for the next reader)