pfennig
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- noun
- /ˈfɛnɪɡ/
- Archaic
- My first German series for the year, showing a bird on the wing, begins with 5 Pfennigs and ends with 200 Marks (a Pfennig is 1/100 of a Mark).
- 1 pfennig
Examples
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The old man cherished every pfennig he had saved over the years.
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Sold to Germany a year later for a pfennig and the promise of a kiss.
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I assure you, I will earn every pfennig.
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A handkerchief, a ten-pfennig piece.
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Not even a pfennig.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Pfennig for your thoughts," Simon interrupted, cheerfully bored.
Fiction book (1995) -
Every letter had to have a two-pfennig Berlin-rebuilding stamp attached.
Fiction book (1995) -
Minutes later, by a row of telephones, I asked another German business type if he'd be so kind as to exchange enough pfennigs for a dollar so I could make a local call.
Fiction book (1995) -
During my trip to Germany, I found an old pfennig among my coins from the past.
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In the market, you could buy a loaf of bread for just a few pfennigs.
Synonyms
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A small coin worth one of 100 parts of a pound or dollar
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pfennig comes from an old German word for a 'small coin' and is like the English penny. So a pfennig was a tiny unit of money, equal to one hundredth of a Deutsche Mark.