pennen

Danish

Noun

pennen c

  1. definite singular of pen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnən

Noun

pennen

  1. plural of pen

German

Etymology

Perhaps from Penne (dosshouse).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnən/
  • (file)

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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpænən/
  • Rhymes: -ænən

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Middle English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnən/

Verb

pennen

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

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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
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