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Deutsche mark

[doi-chuh, doich]
–noun
a cupronickel coin, the monetary unit of Germany, equal to 100 pfennigs: replaced the reichsmark in 1948. Abbreviation: DM
Also, Deut⋅sche⋅mark.
Compare ostmark.


Origin:
1945–50; < G: German mark
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deutsche mark   (doich' märk')   
n.   Abbr. DM
The primary unit of currency in Germany before the adoption of the euro.

[German : deutsch, German + Mark, mark.]
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deutsche mark

former monetary unit of Germany.

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