Penny
See also: penny
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Diminutive + -y.
Proper noun edit
Penny
- A diminutive of the female given name Penelope.
Etymology 2 edit
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Alternative forms edit
Proper noun edit
Penny
- A surname.
- 1922, Musical News and Herald, volumes 62-63, page 780:
- Max Cross cut a fine figure as the Colonel, Percy Penny was a somewhat unducal Duke, while Edgar McHale gave a particularly good rendering of the Major.
- A place name, presumably all taken from the surname:
- An unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
- A small community on the Fraser River in central British Columbia, Canada.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
Penny m (strong, genitive Pennys, plural Pence)
Declension edit
Declension of Penny [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Penny” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Penny” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Penny” in Duden online
- Penny on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de