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)
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛnɪç/ (most speakers in Northern Germany and Central Germany)
IPA^(key): /ˈpfɛnɪk/ (most speakers in Southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)

Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Homophone: Fennich (Northern Germany)

Noun

Pfennig m (strong, genitive Pfennigs, plural Pfennige)

(historical, numismatics) pfennig
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

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