reichsmark

[rahyks-mahrk, rahykhs-mahrk]

noun

plural

reichsmarks, reichsmark 

1. the monetary unit of Germany from November, 1924, until 1948.

Reichsmark

/ ˈraɪksˌmɑːk, ˈraiçsmark /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Germany between 1924 and 1948, divided into 100 Reichspfennigs

Word History and Origins

Origin of reichsmark¹

1870–75; < German: Reich mark

Example Sentences

In 1942, another museum acquired a similar object for 300 Reichsmark.

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The Nazi involvement in the acquisition was made clear by the glaringly low sales price of the kettle: 20 Reichsmark, or approximately $11.

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According to the German Art Gallery, Hitler bought one of his 1940s paintings — of happy-looking “farm girls” — for 7,000 Reichsmark.

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The bills included a conversion from the Nazi-era Reichsmark currency into euros for the original road surface, first laid in 1937, which is being dubbed "Hitler asphalt" by the German media.

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From 1938, around 1,000 properties worth a total of 200m Reichsmark were bought up by the authorities, for a price fixed by them, to enable the building of Germania.

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