Home › Words › G › groschengroschengroschen means any of several obsolete European silver coins.EtymologyFrom German Groschen, from Middle High German grosse, from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus (“thick (penny)”).nounAny of several obsolete European silver coins.e.g.“[…]old women are seeking to earn a few groschen by carrying home the purchases of buyers,[…]” — 1884 Christmas, Mrs. Alexander [pen name; Anne French Hector], “Mrs. Vereker’s Courier Maid”, in The Gentleman’s Annual, chapter III, page 75:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).