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Wie Geht's Kapitel 5: VORSCHAU
Vocab and Trivia from Vorschau 7: 'The History of German Currency' (S. 179)
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Language - German
Undergraduate 1
08/21/2009

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e. Reichsmark (RM)
Definition
German currency up until the aftermath of WWII
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Hyperinflation
Definition
What the German economy suffered after WWI
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e. Deutsche Mark (DM)
Definition
Currency instated in West Germany by the Western Allies after WWII in an effort to check inflation
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e. Mark (M)
Definition
Currency instated in East Germany by the Soviet Union after WWII
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e. Währungsunion
Definition
Currency Union between East and West Germany three months before the Berlin Wall fell in 1990
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r. Umtausch
Definition
exchange (noun)
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e. Bundesbank
Definition
German Central Bank, in charge of ensuring monetary stability
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r. Euro (-s)
Definition
The Euro, the all-European currency introduced in 1999 which became the official, everyday currency in Germany in 2002
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