rappen

rap·pen

R r

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rah-puh n]
- /ˈrɑ pən/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rah-puh n]
- /ˈrɑ pən/

Definitions of rappen word

noun plural rappen a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime. 1
noun rappen a Swiss coin equal to one hundredth of a franc 0
noun rappen the Swiss centime 0

See all 3 definitions of rappen

Information block about the term

Origin of rappen

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

1830-40; < Swiss German; late Middle High German rappen a type of coin first minted in Alsace, literally, raven (a jocular reference to the eagle on the coin), declensional variant of Middle High German rappe, a by-form of raben, Old High German hraban; see raven1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Rappen

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Rappen

rappen popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

rappen usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer