Ein Synonyme-Lexikon

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Abbreviations: adj. (adjective), adv. (adverb), lit. (literary), n. (noun), pl. (plural), sl. (slang), v. (verb), vul. (vulgar)

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Geld, das n. (money)

Banknote, die banknote
Bargeld, das cash
Euros (pl.) euros
Euro, der euro
Geldschein, der bill, banknote
Gold, das gold
Kleingeld, das change (money)
Mammon, der mammon (neg.)
   der schnöde Mammon filthy lucre, rotten money
Münzen (pl.) coins
Papiergeld, das paper money
Plastikgeld, das plastic money
Währung, die currency
Zahlungsmittel, das currency, legal tender, means of payment

SLANG / INFORMAL:
Asche, die dough ("ash")
Eier (pl.) dough ("eggs")
Heu, das dough ("hay")
Kies, der dough, bread ("gravel")
Knete, die dough
Kohle, die dough ("coal")
Koks, der dough, bucks ("coke")
Kreuzer (pl.) dough ("kreutzer," old coin unit)
Kröten (pl.) bucks ("toads")
Lappen (pl.) dough (cloth, rag)
Mäuse (pl.) dough ("mice")
Moneten (pl.) bread, dough
Moos, das bread, dough ("moss")
Pinke, die dough, money
Pinkepinke, die dough, money
Pulver, das dough ("powder")
Schotter, der dough ("gravel")
Taler (pl.) thalers, dollars (old unit of money)
Zaster, der dough

SPECIFIC / LIMITED MEANING:
Groschen, der cent, penny*
   keinen Pfennig not a cent / penny
Taschengeld, das allowance; change, pocket money
Gelder (pl.) moneys, means
Geldmittel, das funds

*Historically, a ten-pfennig coin (Ger.); 100th of a Schilling (Austria)

RELATED:
Blüten (pl.) counterfeit bills, counterfeit money
Euro, der euro
Eurozone, die euro zone
Falschgeld, das fake / counterfeit money
Geldwäsche, die money-laundering

Also see töten, to kill

Examples / Beispiele:

• Das ist keinen Pfennig wert. It's not worth a plug nickel. ("not worth a penny")
• Er hat Geld wie Heu. He's got heaps of money.

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