Rappen

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɹapÉ™n/

Origin

From German Rappen.

Full definition of rappen

Noun

1. A unit of currency in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, equal to one-hundredth of a Swiss franc. from 17th c.
• 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society 2010, p. 273:‘Meticulous to a fault,’ he declared respectfully – even if the fault included checking Toby's imprest down to the last Swiss Rappen, a discipline he accepted with a rueful grace.
• 2015, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau, Random House 2015, p. 112:There was a hole the size of a ten-rappen coin on her right shin and a run laddering after it.----