pfennig
/fen-ig; German pfen-ikh/US // ˈfɛn ɪg; German ˈpfɛn ɪx //UK // (ˈfɛnɪɡ, German ˈpfɛnɪç ) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural pfen·nigs, pfen·ni·ge [German pfen-i-guh]. /German ˈpfɛn ɪ gə/.
- : a copper-coated iron coin and monetary unit of Germany until the euro was adopted, one 100th of a Deutsche mark.
- : a minor coin and monetary unit of East Germany, one 100th of an ostmark.
Examples
Pfennig, pfen′ig, n. a German copper coin, the hundredth part of a mark.
These fellows beg usually within very small districts, and know every house that is "good" for a meal or a pfennig.
And patting the child on the head, Dr. Sanders gave her a ten-pfennig piece, and asked her who had taught her the poem.
They belong to the state, Otto, and if they should be shared with every one in Germany not one man would be a pfennig the better.
Briquettes are largely used in cities, small slabs of condensed coal that cost one pfennig each.
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