Penne
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Corruption of Pennal, influenced by etymology 2.
Noun edit
Penne f (genitive Penne, plural Pennen)
- (colloquial, dated) school
- 1999, “Danke, Gut”, in Gefährliches Halbwissen, performed by Eins Zwo:
- Aber ich war auf der Penne nie so der Lichtblick / Der Protokollant dessen Motto bestand im Hoffen auf bessere Zeiten der Wäscheseiten vom Otto-Versand.
- But at school I wasn't the bright spark / For the minute-taker, whose hope for better times was in the underwear pages from the Otto catalog.
Declension edit
Declension of Penne [feminine]
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Originally underworld slang. Perhaps ultimately borrowed from Hebrew בניין / בִּנְיָן (binyan, “building”). The sense of "prostitute" may be from the verb pennen (“to sleep”).
Noun edit
Penne f (genitive Penne, plural Pennen)
Declension edit
Declension of Penne [feminine]
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
Penne pl (plural only)
Declension edit
Declension of Penne [pl-only]