pfennig

[ fen-ig; German pfen-ikh ]

/ ˈfɛn ɪg; German ˈpfɛn ɪx /

a copper-coated iron coin and monetary unit of Germany until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a Deutsche mark.

(formerly) a minor coin and monetary unit of East Germany, the 100th part of an ostmark.

Origin of pfennig

1540–50; < German: penny

You just say such things because I owe you seventeen pfennig.

Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays |Various
Briquettes are largely used in cities, small slabs of condensed coal that cost one pfennig each.

Home Life in Germany |Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
The army, he said, was a "waste of money," and he grudged every pfennig it cost the annual budget.

The Magnificent Montez |Horace Wyndham
One pfennig is one-hundredth of a mark, and the mark once was equal to 23.8 cents.

All About Coffee |William H. Ukers

A mark is 23.82 of our cents; and a pfennig is one-hundredth of a mark.

Principles of Political Economy |Arthur Latham Perry

pfennig

/ (ˈfɛnɪɡ, German ˈpfɛnɪç ) /

a former German monetary unit worth one hundredth of a Deutschmark

(formerly) a monetary unit worth one hundredth of an East German ostmark

German: penny