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Notgroschen (m, sgl.)

savings for a rainy day

Beispiel /example

Das ist mein Notgroschen.

These are my savings for a rainy day.

In Germany "Groschen" was the name for 10 Pfennig (0,10 DM) before the introduction of the EURO. But many countries actually know the Groschen in their monetary system. I researched it on Wikipedia:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groschen (German)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groschen (English)

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notgroschen (German)