Definitions for pfennig

pfennig pfen·nig

Spelling: [fen-ig; German pfen-ikh]
IPA: /ˈfɛn ɪg; German ˈpfɛn ɪx/

Pfennig is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in pfennig (efginnp).

Definitions for pfennig

noun

  1. a copper-coated iron coin and monetary unit of Germany until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a Deutsche mark.
  2. (formerly) a minor coin and monetary unit of East Germany, the 100th part of an ostmark.

Origin of pfennig

1540-50; German: penny

Examples for pfennig

You can spread out your money on the table, open your Police Guide, and plan out your holiday to a fifty pfennig piece.

pfennig, pfen′ig, n. a German copper coin, the hundredth part of a mark.

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

Hold me around the knee, pfennig; there's no use tumbling about until you've grown tall enough to reach the strap!

These fellows beg usually within very small districts, and know every house that is "good" for a meal or a pfennig.

One pfennig is one-hundredth of a mark, and the mark once was equal to 23.8 cents.

I had not a pfennig to spend and nothing of any value to sell.

I'd give every pfennig in my possession to walk into your study to-day and take you by surprise.

Camp commanders are allowed sixty-six pfennig per head per diem.

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

Word Value for pfennig
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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