Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coin formerly used in Germany, worth 1/100 of a deutsche mark
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small copper coin, the one-hundredth part of a mark. It is equal in value to about one fourth of a United States cent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One one-hundredth of the former German
mark (Deutsche Mark ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 100 pfennigs formerly equaled 1 Deutsche Mark in Germany
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But the truth is that the pfennig is the average Teuton's king,
Songs and Other Verse Eugene Field 1872
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Some voluntarily paid ten and twenty pfennig for “Help Berlin” stamps on their mail.
Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010
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By the end of the blockade, a two-pfennig surcharge had been added to postage in the western zones to buy supplies for the western sectors of the besieged city.
Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010
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In Orsha the pfennig had finally dropped, but not in Rastenburg.
Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009
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Construction workers and laborers were quick to warm up to it: Currywurst was different, yet still strangely familiar, and above all affordable -- Ms. Heuwer sold it for 60 pfennig a portion, about $0.50 today.
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And the day came, only too soon, when the positive help Maurice could give her was at an end; she did not owe a pfennig to anyone; her letters and accounts were filed and in order.
Maurice Guest 2003
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He had spoken the truth when he said that he was without money; every pfennig he possessed, had been in his pocket the night before.
Maurice Guest 2003
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Every pfennig was to go into the massive battleship-building program designed to challenge the Royal Navy.
Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003
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A hundred thousand marks, if a pfennig, and a face to turn after in the street!
Maurice Guest 2003
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Did I take a pfennig from him in payment? — when I saw that he had talent?
Maurice Guest 2003
Prolagus commented on the word pfennig
~Albert Einstein
May 24, 2010
bilby commented on the word pfennig
What if the idea's not worth a pfennig?
May 24, 2010