pfennig
Americannoun
plural
pfennigs, pfennige-
a copper-coated iron coin and monetary unit of Germany until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a Deutsche mark.
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(formerly) a minor coin and monetary unit of East Germany, one 100th of an ostmark.
noun
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a former German monetary unit worth one hundredth of a Deutschmark
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(formerly) a monetary unit worth one hundredth of an East German ostmark
Etymology
Origin of pfennig
First recorded in 1540–50; from German: penny
Example Sentences
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Jürgen Klopp should therefore decide to make do, and spend every precious pfennig of his summer pot on a top-drawer replacement for the woefully erratic Dejan Lovren instead.
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2017
Maybe the pfennig will drop and he’ll resort to putting his German center half up front in the waning minutes.
From New York Times • May 14, 2011
Fra�lein Wolf has long hoped for a hunk of Hitler's great fortune, but her prospects of getting even a pfennig of it have dimmed to the vanishing point.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Fatherland paid all the passage money, every pfennig.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many of them are secondhand, all the classics for example, one volume in blue cloth boards cost one mark twenty pfennig.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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