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

Declension of Heckpfennig [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Heckpfennig	die	Heckpfennige
genitive	eines	des	Heckpfennigs	der	Heckpfennige
dative	einem	dem	Heckpfennig	den	Heckpfennigen
accusative	einen	den	Heckpfennig	die	Heckpfennige

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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