/fen"ig/ ; Ger. /pfen"ikh/ , n. , pl. pfennigs, pfennige Ger. /pfen"i geuh/ .
1. a copper-coated iron coin and monetary unit of Germany, the 100th part of a Deutsche mark.
2. (formerly) a minor coin and monetary unit of East Germany, the 100th part of an ostmark.
[ 1540-50; ]