penge

English

Noun

penge (uncountable)

1. (philately) (typically penge flaw or penge error) a printing flaw on early Australian stamps where the c in pence appeared like the letter g.
   • 2017, Alan Griffiths, The 1879 First Sideface Issue of Queensland, page 21:

     The ‘PENGE’ flaw which is caused by a white defect on letter ‘C’ of PENCE giving the effect of a ‘G’. This is at # 116 on Plate I.

Danish

Etymology

Originally a plural of penning (“coin”), related to English penny. The other modern Scandinavian languages use the same word as a general word for "money", cf. Icelandic peningar, Faroese pengar, Norwegian Nynorsk pengar, Norwegian Bokmål penger, and Swedish pengar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋə/, ,

Noun

penge (plural definite pengene)

1. money

Hungarian

Etymology

Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Conversion by deliberate coinage from peng (“to ring, clink”) +‎ -e (obsolete present-participle suffix). For the semantic change, compare German Klinge (“blade”) from klingen (“to ring, clink”). In terms of form, a split took place from cognate pengő. The later slang (adjective) sense may well be a metaphorical reference to the edge of a blade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: pen‧ge
• Rhymes: -ɡɛ

Noun

penge (plural pengék)

1. blade (the sharp cutting edge of a knife, chisel, or other tool, a razor blade/sword)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Adjective

penge (comparative pengébb, superlative legpengébb)

1. (slang) sharp, sharp-witted, adept, able

References

Further reading

• penge in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• peng

Etymology

From Old Norse peningr and pengr. Akin to English penny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²pɛŋːə/

Noun

penge m (definite singular pengen, indefinite plural pengar, definite plural pengane)

1. a coin
2. (mostly plural) money

Derived terms

References

• “penge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Tagalog

Etymology

From monophthongization of pahingi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeŋeʔ/,
• Hyphenation: penge

Interjection

pengè (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜅᜒ)

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of pahingi.

Further reading

• “penge”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018