Groschen (,
German: , or , , , , , , ,
Russian,
Ukrainian,
Macedonian and
Bulgarian: (
groš), ) was the (sometimes colloquial) name for a
coin used in various
German-speaking states as well as some non-German-speaking countries of
Central Europe (
Bohemia,
Poland), the
Danubian Principalities. The name, like that of the English
groat, derives from the
Italian , or large
penny, via the
Czech form . The (also , , and ),
Arabic,
Ethiopian,
Hebrew,
Greek and
Turkish names for currency denominations in and around the territories formerly part of the
Ottoman Empire, are derived from the same Italian origin.
