noun
- plural of pfennig; former German monetary units equal to one hundredth of a deutsche mark
Usage: historical
Examples
- The old coin collection contained several pfennigs from before German reunification.
- She found a few pfennigs in her grandmother’s purse.
- The price was marked as 50 pfennigs in the vintage catalog.
- Before the euro, Germans used marks and pfennigs as their currency.
- The antique shop sold postcards for just a few pfennigs decades ago.