1. Plural of deutschmark; the former monetary unit of Germany before the adoption of the euro in 2002.
Usage: historical; often capitalized

Examples

• Before 2002, Germans used deutschmarks as their currency.
• The exchange rate between deutschmarks and dollars fluctuated throughout the 1990s.
• My grandmother still has a collection of old deutschmarks in a drawer.
• Tourists visiting Germany in the 1980s had to exchange their money for deutschmarks.
• The deutschmark was replaced by the euro in a historic monetary transition.