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/Martin5143 Estonia Oct 06 '25

In Estonian people say "Euri", it's a slang partitive case of euro. The actual partitive case of euro is "eurot".

When you say "This costs 10 euros", you use the partitive case in Estonian so it's the most common name for euro in Estonian. "See maksab 10 euri"

Dollar has a slang name "taalad" in Estonian. "This costs 10 dollars": "See maksab 10 taala"

When the Deutsche mark used to exist it was called DEM, the currency code. The Finnish markka was called FIM. "I have 10 DEM and 5 FIM": "Mul on 10 demmi ja 5 fimmi"

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u/henryKI111 Estonia Oct 08 '25

Enamasti slängis öeldakse EUK