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词汇 pfennig
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Definition of pfennig in English:

pfennig

nounPlural pfennigs ˈ(p)fɛnɪɡˈfɛnɪɡ
  • (until the introduction of the euro in 2002) a monetary unit of Germany, equal to one hundredth of a mark.

    芬尼(德国货币单位,100芬尼等于1马克)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the same day the pound fell four pfennigs to DM2. 8324, as speculators calculated that Gordon Brown was not going to repeat the mistake which John Major made as Chancellor in 1990, by fixing the pound at too high a level against the mark.
    • His grandfather, currently a garrison commander whisked away in the Carnic Alps, was the mayor of some Emilian town where the Austrian pfennig and the French franc are as yet applicable synonyms for lira.
    • The announcement sent sterling tumbling in New York trading last night, hitting DM2. 69-nine pfennigs below its former permitted ERM floor against the German mark.
    • Within two years of such a vote, pounds and pence could be going the same way as guilders and pfennigs.
    • The average price of a litre of premium unleaded rose by four pfennigs last month to more than DM2 a litre.

Origin

From German Pfennig; related to penny.

Definition of pfennig in US English:

pfennig

nounˈfeniɡˈfɛnɪɡ
  • A monetary unit of Germany (until the introduction of the euro), equal to one hundredth of a mark.

    芬尼(德国货币单位,100芬尼等于1马克)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The average price of a litre of premium unleaded rose by four pfennigs last month to more than DM2 a litre.
    • Within two years of such a vote, pounds and pence could be going the same way as guilders and pfennigs.
    • The announcement sent sterling tumbling in New York trading last night, hitting DM2. 69-nine pfennigs below its former permitted ERM floor against the German mark.
    • His grandfather, currently a garrison commander whisked away in the Carnic Alps, was the mayor of some Emilian town where the Austrian pfennig and the French franc are as yet applicable synonyms for lira.
    • On the same day the pound fell four pfennigs to DM2. 8324, as speculators calculated that Gordon Brown was not going to repeat the mistake which John Major made as Chancellor in 1990, by fixing the pound at too high a level against the mark.

Origin

From German Pfennig; related to penny.

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