pennen

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Danish

Noun

pennen c

  1. definite singular of pen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛnən

Noun

pennen

  1. plural of pen

German

Etymology

Perhaps from Penne (dosshouse).

Pronunciation

Verb

pennen (weak, third-person singular present pennt, past tense pennte, past participle gepennt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (slang) to sleep
  2. (slang, by extension) to be inattentive
    sie hat im Unterricht gepenntshe didn't pay attention in class

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • pennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • pennen” in Duden online
  • pennen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from German pennen.

Pronunciation

Verb

pennen (third-person singular present pennt, past participle gepennt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to sleep, to kip

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive pennen
participle gepennt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular pennen
2nd singular penns penn
3rd singular pennt
1st plural pennen
2nd plural pennt pennt
3rd plural pennen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English pennian (verb), penn (noun). See modern pen.

Pronunciation

Verb

pennen

  1. To close in, trap
  2. To envelop, enclose
  3. To close, shut

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: (to) pen

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pennen m

  1. definite singular of penn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pennen m

  1. definite singular of penn