pfennig
noun
a copper-coated iron coin and monetary unit of Germany until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a Deutsche mark.
pfennige
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pluralof pfennig.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In reckoning the standard or alloy, the weight system was— For silver—1 mark = 12 pfennige or deniers.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
Then they again offered me the indulgence, but in this way: I was to buy it with six pfennige, and these pfennige were to be returned to me for myself.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. by Gustav Freytag
Silver: Five marks, $1.19; 2 marks, 48 cents; 1 mark, 24 cents; 50 pfennige, 12 cents; 20 pfennige, 5 cents.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs
The reviews were sent to the editor; the critical invoice amounted to three florins four groschen and five pfennige.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
I collected pfennige in a hat which the violinist then put on his head, pfennigs and all.
From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Kathleen Howard
