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 Saxony the same journeymen-craftsmen earned on the average, besides their maintenance, two groschen four pfennige a day, or about one-third the value of a bushel of corn.
From German Culture Past and Present by Ernest Belfort Bax
The prisoners are given, if they choose, a bread-card, and are allowed to purchase extra bread—the Kriegsbrod, which we all use in Germany and which is quite palatable—at the price of 55 pfennige a loaf.
From The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship by Harold W. (Harold Williams) Picton
In 1750 the latter adopted the 14-thaler or 21-gulden standard, subdividing the thaler into 24 groschens of 12 pfennige each.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
For the lowest denomination of divisional coins, half-groschen, kreutzer, and pfennige, quite varying standards were permitted, according to the piece or locality, namely, from 20 3⁄4 to 33 guldens to the Koln mark.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
I may mention, that the binding of an 18mo. volume in boards, covered in paper, cost one groschen, eight pfennige, or, as nearly as it can be calculated, twopence in English money.
From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie
