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‖ pfennig, -ing|ˈpfɛnɪg, -ɪŋ|
Forms: 6 phenyng, penning, 6–7 phenning, 7–8 pfening, 8 phen(n)ig, 7– pfenning, 9 pfennig: see also fennin.
[Ger. pfennig, OHG. pfenning:—WGer. *pani(n)g, whence Eng. penny.]
A small copper coin of Germany, formerly of varying value, now the hundredth part of a mark (see mark n.2 4 b). Also Comb.
1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. xiv. (1870) 161 They haue Norkyns, Halardes, Phenyngs, Crocherds, Stiuers, and halfe styuers. 1575Brief Disc. Troubles Frankford (1846) 157 Thirteene not Dalers but hallers or phenninges. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 287 At Nurnberg..two haller make one pfenning, fiue pfening make one finfer. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) I. 196 A small copper-piece, whose real worth was scarce a pfening, went for a dollar silver-money, which is equal to half a German rix-dollar. 1897Ouida Massarenes xxxix, You haven't got a pfennig to spend. 1909Daily Chron. 15 July 4/7, I have an actual pfennig-piece before me as I write, which was coined in 1894. 1979R. Cox Auction iii. 75 Pouring pfennig pieces into a coinbox. |