Pfennig

See also: pfennig

German

Etymology

From Middle High German pfennic, from Old High German pfending, from Proto-West Germanic *panning; compare English penny. Doublet of Penunze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpfɛnɪç/ (official standard)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnɪç/ (most speakers in northern and central Germany)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpfɛnɪk/ (most speakers in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)

• Homophone: Fennich (according to the northern pronunciation)

Noun

Pfennig m (strong, genitive Pfennigs, plural Pfennige)

1. (historical, numismatics) pfennig
2. penny

Declension

Declension of Pfennig [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pfennig	die	Pfennige
genitive	eines	des	Pfennigs	der	Pfennige
dative	einem	dem	Pfennig	den	Pfennigen
accusative	einen	den	Pfennig	die	Pfennige

Derived terms

• Heckpfennig
• Pfennigfuchser
• Reichspfennig

Further reading

• “Pfennig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pfennig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Pfennig” in Duden online
• Pfennig on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de