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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Fünfer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfʏnfɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fiver/ˈfaɪ.vər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14200 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Kannst du mir einen Fünfer wechseln?"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A five-pound or five-dollar note or coin.

    "He handed the cashier a fiver to pay for his coffee and a muffin."
  2. 2

    An informal term for something valued at five of a currency unit or lasting five units of time.

    "The parking fee at the garage will cost you a fiver."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English number 'five' with the suffix '-er', originating in the mid-19th century as informal slang. It initially emerged in British and American currency contexts to refer to a five-dollar or five-pound note.

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