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Definition of "pfennig" [pfen•nig]

  • A coin formerly used in Germany equal to 1/100 of the deutsche mark. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pfennig" in a sentence
  • "But the truth is that the pfennig is the average Teuton's king,"
  • "Some voluntarily paid ten and twenty pfennig for “Help Berlin” stamps on their mail."
  • "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."