Deutsche mark

[doi-chuh, doich]

Deutsche mark

[doi-chuh, doich]
noun
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Germany until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 pfennigs. Abbreviation: DM
Also, Deut·sche·mark.
Compare ostmark.


Origin:
1945–50; < German: German mark
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Deutschmark or Deutsche Mark (ˈdɔɪtʃˌmɑːk, ˈdɔɪtʃə)
 
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DM the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
 
Deutsche Mark or Deutsche Mark
 
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deutsche mark

former monetary unit of Germany.

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