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pfennig
[ fen-ig; German pfen-ikh ]
noun
, plural pfen·nigs, pfen·ni·ge [pfen, -i-g, uh].
- a copper-coated iron coin and monetary unit of Germany until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a Deutsche mark.
- (formerly) a minor coin and monetary unit of East Germany, one 100th of an ostmark.
pfennig
/ ˈfɛnɪɡ; ˈpfɛnɪç /
noun
- a former German monetary unit worth one hundredth of a Deutschmark
- (formerly) a monetary unit worth one hundredth of an East German ostmark
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pfennig1
German: penny
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Example Sentences
Pfennig, pfen′ig, n. a German copper coin, the hundredth part of a mark.
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These fellows beg usually within very small districts, and know every house that is "good" for a meal or a pfennig.
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And patting the child on the head, Dr. Sanders gave her a ten-pfennig piece, and asked her who had taught her the poem.
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They belong to the state, Otto, and if they should be shared with every one in Germany not one man would be a pfennig the better.
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Briquettes are largely used in cities, small slabs of condensed coal that cost one pfennig each.
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