Meaning

2 senses
  1. A small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, in which small saved coins are stored.

    Sparschwein, Spardose, Sparbüchse

    свинья́-копи́лкаsvinʹjá-kopílka, копи́лкаkopílka

    скарбни́чкаskarbnýčka

  2. (figuratively)Any supply of money or savings.

More definitions
  • a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig)

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Did you break your piggy bank?

    deHast du dein Sparschwein zerschlagen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. My piggy bank is almost full.

  3. I put money in the piggy bank.

  4. Tom smashed his piggy bank with a hammer.

    ruТом разбил свою копилку молотком. — Selena777

    deTom zertrümmerte sein Sparschwein mit einem Hammer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I'd like to buy Tom a piggy bank.

    deIch möchte Tom ein Sparschwein kaufen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small container to store small saved coins in:
Русский
By meaning 1
small container to store small saved coins in:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small container to store small saved coins in:

Forms

plural: piggy banks
Singularpiggy bank
Pluralpiggy banks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig):penny bank

Word family

4 related words

See also

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