Is it der, die oder das Pfennig?

DER

The correct article in German of Pfennig is der. So it is der Pfennig! (nominative case)

The word Pfennig is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

Finding the right gender of a noun

German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

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The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);
for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);
for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Pfennig?

How does the declension of Pfennig work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	der Pfennig	die Pfennige
Genitive	des Pfennigs	der Pfennige
Dative	dem Pfennig	den Pfennigen
Akkusative	den Pfennig	die Pfennige

What is the meaning of Pfennig in German?

Pfennig is defined as:

[1] Historical German coin, a subunit, partly colloquially, various German currencies such as Deutsche Mark, Mark, Reichsmark

[1] historische deutsche Münze, eine Untereinheit, zum Teil umgangssprachlich, verschiedener deutscher Währungen wie Deutsche Mark, Mark, Reichsmark

How to use Pfennig in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Pfennig with translations in English.

[1] Der Pfennig war bis zur Einführung des Euro die kleinste deutsche Münze.

[1] The Pfennig was the smallest German coin until the introduction of the euro

[1] „Der Pfennig ist schon eine sehr alte Währungseinheit.“

[1] "The penny is already a very old currency unit"

[1] „Die gibt mir ein paar Pfennige bis Donnerstag, und dann wollen wir weitersehen.“

[1] "It gives me a few pennies until Thursday, and then we want to continue on"

[1] „Die Notstandsarbeiter schaufelten bei einem Stundenlohn von fünfundsiebzig Pfennigen den Sand in Loren, die dann zu den Baggern geschoben wurden, welche die Lastwagen beluden.“

[1] "The emergency workers shoveled the sand in Loren at an hourly wage of seventy -five pfennigs, which were then pushed to the excavators, which the Beluddenä trucks" "

[1] „Er schob den Briefumschlag unter die Tür, ich stand auf, hob ihn auf und öffnete ihn: es war eine Fahrkarte Zweiter Klasse von Bochum nach Bonn drin, und das Taxigeld war genau abgezählt: sechs Mark und fünfzig Pfennig.“

[1] "He pushed the envelope under the door, I got up, picked it up and opened it: There was a second -class ticket from Bonn to Bonn, and the taxi field was counted: six marks and fifty pennies"

How do you pronounce Pfennig?

Pfennig

Pictures or photos of Pfennig

[1] Vorder- und Rückseite einer 10-Pfennig-Münze (in Deutscher Mark)

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