hryvnia
/(hə)ˈrɪvnjə/noun
hryvnia is a noun meaning “The currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-R-Y-V-N-I-A, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hryvnia is hryvnias or hryvni.
What does hryvnia mean?
noun
- 1
The currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hryvnia?
- /(hə)ˈrɪvnjə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hryvnia.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hryvnia
- hryvnias plural
- hryvni plural
- hryven plural
- grivna
- gryvna
- hryvnya
- hrivna
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hryvnia?
Hryvnia appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hryvnia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Ukrainian currency:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hryvnia |
| German | Hrywnja, Griwna |
| Portuguese | grivna, hryvnia, grívnia |
| Spanish | grivna, hryvnia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hryvnia come from?
From Ukrainian гри́вня (hrývnja). Doublet of grivna and grzywna.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).