Heckpfennig

German

Etymology

hecken +‎ Pfennig, literally “hatching penny”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛkpfɛnɪç/
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IPA^(key): /ˈhɛkpfɛnɪk/
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Hyphenation: Heck‧pfen‧nig

Noun

Heckpfennig m (strong, genitive Heckpfennigs, plural Heckpfennige)

(archaic) a special pfennig that can create more pfennigs, according to folklore

Declension

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Further reading

“Heckpfennig” in Duden online
“Heckpfennig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Heckpfennig” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Heckpfennig”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 299

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