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pfennig

/fen-ig; German pfen-ikh/US // ˈfɛn ɪg; German ˈpfɛn ɪx //UK // (ˈfɛnɪɡ, German ˈpfɛnɪç ) //

分钱,分数,分币,分文不取

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.