Heiermann

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German

A five-Deutschmark coin from 1977

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  • Hyphenation: Hei‧er‧mann

Noun

Heiermann m (strong or mixed, genitive Heiermannes or Heiermanns, plural Heiermänner or Heiermann or Heiermannen)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A five-Deutschmark coin.
    • 1979, Der Spiegel, issue 38/1979, page 57:
      So zog 1975 der damalige Minister Hans Apel das silberhaltige Fünf-Mark-Stück (sieben Gramm Silber, 4,2 Gramm Kupfer) aus dem Verkehr und drückte den Bürgern dafür den Heiermann aus Manimat, einer Legierung von Nickel und Kupfer, in die Hand.
      Thus in 1975 the former minister Hans Apel demonetized the silver-containing five-Deutschmark coin (seven grams of silver, 4.4 grams of copper) and put the five-Deutschmark coin made of manimat, an alloy of nickel and copper, into the hands of the citizens.

Declension

Declension of Heiermann
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Heiermann die Heiermänner, Heiermann, Heiermannen
genitive eines des Heiermannes, Heiermanns der Heiermänner, Heiermann, Heiermannen
dative einem dem Heiermann, Heiermanne1 den Heiermännern, Heiermann, Heiermannen
accusative einen den Heiermann die Heiermänner, Heiermann, Heiermannen

1Now rare, see notes.

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Proper noun

Heiermann m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Heiermanns or (with an article) Heiermann, feminine genitive Heiermann, plural Heiermanns)

  1. a surname
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