Pfennig
German, noun/ˈpfɛnɪç/
Pfennig is spelled P-F-E-N-N-I-G (7 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pfennig is a German masculine noun meaning “pfennig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “historische deutsche Münze, eine Untereinheit, zum Teil umgangssprachlich, verschiedener deutscher Währungen…”.
What does Pfennig mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepfennig
- 2
masculinepenny
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. historische deutsche Münze, eine Untereinheit, zum Teil umgangssprachlich, verschiedener deutscher Währungen wie Deutsche Mark, Mark, Reichsmark
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Pfennig
- Pfennigs genitive
- Pfennige plural
- Pfennigen dative definite plural
- Pf abbreviation
- Pf. abbreviation
- Pfg. abbreviation
- ₰ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pfennig?
- /ˈpfɛnɪç/
- /ˈfɛnɪç/
- /ˈpfɛnɪk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pfennig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pfennig in German?
Pfennig appears 2.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).