pfennig

[fen-ig; German pfen-ikh]

noun, plural pfen·nigs, pfen·ni·ge [German pfen-i-guh] /German ˈpfɛn ɪ gə/.

a copper-coated iron coin and monetary unit of Germany until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a Deutsche mark.

(formerly) a minor coin and monetary unit of East Germany, the 100th part of an ostmark.

Origin of pfennig

1540–50; < German: penny

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Examples from the Web for pfennig

Historical Examples of pfennig

One pfennig is one-hundredth of a mark, and the mark once was equal to 23.8 cents.
All About Coffee
William H. Ukers
I had not a pfennig to spend and nothing of any value to sell.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography.
Solomon Maimon
A mark is 23.82 of our cents; and a pfennig is one-hundredth of a mark.
Principles of Political Economy
Arthur Latham Perry
You just say such things because I owe you seventeen pfennig.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays
Various
Pfennig, pfen′ig, n. a German copper coin, the hundredth part of a mark.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for pfennig

pfennig

noun plural -nigs or -nige (German -nɪɡə )

a former German monetary unit worth one hundredth of a Deutschmark

(formerly) a monetary unit worth one hundredth of an East German ostmark

Word Origin for pfennig

German: penny

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