Danish edit

Noun edit

pennen c

  1. definite singular of pen

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnən

Noun edit

pennen

  1. plural of pen

German edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Penne (dosshouse).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German pennen.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

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

Conjugation edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pennen

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

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • English: (to) pen

References edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

pennen m

  1. definite singular of penn

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

pennen m

  1. definite singular of penn